% % original version % Mary had a little lamb Whose fleece as white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went, The lamb was sure to go! It followed her to school one day, which was against the rules. It made the children laugh and play, To see a lamb at school. % % % Mary had a little lambda, Its syntax white as snow, And every program Mary wrote, She wrote in Lisp, you know. % Mary had a little lambda. She wore it on her blouse. And everywhere that Mary moved She'd reconstruct the house. % Mary had a little lambda Its value was n times n plus 1, And everywhere that Mary went She was in a quantum state. % Mary had a little lambda A sheep she couldn't clone And everywhere that lambda went Her calculus got blown. % % <uwp26oav9l71$.z6jeu79cmiq4.dlg@40tude.net> % Mary had a little Sheep, With the Sheep she went to sleep. The Sheep Turned out to be a Ram, And Mary had a little Lamb. % Mary had a little skirt That was slit in half And every step that Mary took The boys could see her calf. Mary had another skirt That was slit in front And every step the Mary took WAS VERY CAREFUL! % Mary had a little lamb, She also had a duck. She put them on the table, to see if they would fall off % Mary had a chicken, Tom had a duck. They put them on the table To see if they would fffffall off. % Mary had a little lamb: She shot it in the head. Now it goes to school with her Between two bits of bread. % Mary had a little lamb, The doctor was surprised. But when Old MacDonald had a farm, The poor doc almost died. % A little beef, a lttle pork, A little potted roast. The waiters were uncertain, To see her order so, And when they carried Mary out, Her face was white as snow. % % <aw8y3fesn8.fsf@cunningham.me.uk> % Mary had a little lamb, She ate it with mint sauce And everywhere that Mary went The lamb went too, of course. % Mary had a little lamb. The midwife had a fit. % Mary had a little lamb She also had a bear. I often saw Mary's lamb But I never saw her bare. % % <slrnd692ng.auv.7d5-4-13@carousel.its.monash.edu.au> % Mary had a little lamb, The butcher killed it dead. The next day she took it to school Between two pieces of bread. % Some people say all fleas are black But I know it isn't so 'Coz Mary had a little lamb And its fleas was white as snow. % Mary had a little lamb Its mouth was full of blisters Now it's on a burning pile With all its brothers n sisters % Mary had a little lamb, Little pork, little ham, Some ice cream, and some soda fizz, and boy, how sick our Mary is. % % % Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was black as soot. And everywhere that Mary went, It's sooty foot it put. % % http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks/pub/parodies/mary-had-a-little-lamba % Mary had a little lambda. It varied very slow, But everytime that lambda changed Her entropy did grow. The size of Mary's entropy Did rub her nerves quite raw. And she tried to cut it down to size, And broke the second law. Then, having done this dreadful deed, She broke the first and third. And then the law of gravity; And flew off like a bird. She found that breaking Boyle's law Was really quite a gas. She made her energy far more Than 'C'squared times her mass. Newton, Einstein, Helvos, Plank, Within their graves were spinning; But Mary broke selection rules, and said, "I'm just beginning!" Alas, this spree could not go on-- This metaphysical bender. The physics cops were on her tail With orders to apprehend her. They captured Mary from behind. She had no chance to hear 'em, For she was busy proving false The famed ergodic theorum. They dragged her off and charged her with Disorderly behavior. She called upon the demon who Was James Clark Maxwell's savior. But calling demons is a thing That's fraught with hidden danger Unless one works with pentagrams (And other things much stranger). The demon came, he saw the cops; He froze them where they were; But used the excess heat to raise Poor Mary's temperature! Since Mary was already warm With furious indignation, She perished from an excess of Molecular agitation. The moral of this story is (as can be plainly shown): Please keep your lambdas fixed And leave your entropy alone. And break not Mother Nature's laws; To do so is not prudent. We leave, however, proof of this, As an exercise for the student! % % http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3789/is_199804/ai_n8803192 % Mary had a little lambDa curled and curved for show. And everywhere that lambda went, The math came out just so. It followed her to calculus With multiplier rules, Which show the way to meet constraints As in Lagrange's school. In matrix class it proved itself To be a trusty pal, whose Assistance could be counted on For writing eigenvalues. So keep an eye on Mary's friend Its uses transcend measure. Beyond a doubt her lambda is A character to treasure. % |