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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts) Sat Aug 19, 2017, 08:43 AM Aug 2017

Post a song about your profession or line of work

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Post a song about your profession or line of work (Original Post) NightWatcher Aug 2017 OP

Here's mine: GreenPartyVoter Aug 2017 #1

I don't feel tardy! NightWatcher Aug 2017 #4

God, what a great line! Iggo Aug 2017 #7

:-) handmade34 Aug 2017 #2

Hey there! That's my song too! CottonBear Aug 2017 #3

Here's a part of it Cirque du So-What Aug 2017 #5

I do not know any songs about... 3catwoman3 Aug 2017 #6

Maybe this one fits? dawg Aug 2017 #8

hospice nurse songs? That would be me. mucifer Aug 2017 #12

How about this? DBoon Aug 2017 #33

From a doctor who gets it Warpy Aug 2017 #54

Jethro can help SwissTony Aug 2017 #58

All the songs about my profession suck, but at least this one's a bit funny; A HERETIC I AM Aug 2017 #9

We drove that pass a couple novembers ago. A week after they had snow. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2017 #14

I use Photoshop a lot and get paid for it...so, here's mine... GReedDiamond Aug 2017 #10

I'm a gardener who lives Texas. Always watching the weather and praying: LeftInTX Aug 2017 #11

Here's one, sort of. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #13

I knew it!! I always figured you for a Russian spy waitress!! Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2017 #15

Busted! The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #16

*snort* Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2017 #17

I only did this professionally for a brief time, but....... DFW Aug 2017 #18

... Kali Aug 2017 #19

For some reason software engineering is not a rich source of inspiration for songs Ron Obvious Aug 2017 #20

FORTRAN smilin' at me, nothing but FORTRAN do I see. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2017 #38

Thanks mahatmakanejeeves. I'm whelmed. n/t Ron Obvious Aug 2017 #41

The elements NNadir Aug 2017 #21

I am Chemistry. NNadir Aug 2017 #22

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman whistler162 Aug 2017 #23

School Teacher Blues LWolf Aug 2017 #24

Mammas don't let your sons grow up to be epidemiologists SethH Aug 2017 #25

Okay...! (n/t) FreepFryer Aug 2017 #26

Steel Pulse - "Bodyguard" ADX Aug 2017 #27

Well, I'm retired now, but... Croney Aug 2017 #28

I couldn't find a song about HVAC. Iggo Aug 2017 #29

Memorial Maker madamesilverspurs Aug 2017 #30

I'm retired, so it's more of a lament. Ptah Aug 2017 #31

Barcelona - "I have the password to your shell account" DBoon Aug 2017 #32

Believe it or not, there are some jmowreader Aug 2017 #34

Well, I was a teacher, so...."Homework," J. Geils Band, Live in Allentown, PA: WinkyDink Aug 2017 #35

You'd think there'd be at least one lumberjack here. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2017 #36

But just in case there is one... The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #42

Everyone knows this one: "School's Out" femmocrat Aug 2017 #37

I work in PTSD (and the related disorders) politicat Aug 2017 #39

Since I was a truck driver, until Hayduke Bomgarte Aug 2017 #40

Convoy? rogerashton Aug 2017 #52

16 tons onethatcares Aug 2017 #43

No songs I know of about legislative aides, but in my previous life, I practiced law Danmel Aug 2017 #44

I'm going to use a cover version because I like it better than the original. bluepen Aug 2017 #45

Ups for the dance routine. Iggo Aug 2017 #48

That's great! I've never seen this.... Upthevibe Aug 2017 #57

The Art Teacher by Rufus Wainwright kwassa Aug 2017 #46

Lobachevsky struggle4progress Aug 2017 #47

Charlie Dore's "Pilot of the Airwaves"... Tom_Foolery Aug 2017 #49

I did this for a while. Wolf Frankula Aug 2017 #50

There are none underpants Aug 2017 #51

Shop Around? n/t TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #55

here is one drray23 Aug 2017 #53

Well, I've been a bookkeeper for 20 years TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #56

"Little Triggers" by Elvis Costello nuxvomica Aug 2017 #59

GreenPartyVoter

(72,381 posts)

1. Here's mine:

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 08:47 AM

Aug 2017

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

4. I don't feel tardy!

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 09:05 AM

Aug 2017

Iggo

(47,563 posts)

7. God, what a great line!

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 10:30 AM

Aug 2017

handmade34

(22,757 posts)

2. :-)

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 08:59 AM

Aug 2017

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)

3. Hey there! That's my song too!

Reply to handmade34 (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 09:04 AM

Aug 2017

I also played and sang it with a musical group from work at a retirement party for one of our botanical garden administrators!

Cirque du So-What

(25,965 posts)

5. Here's a part of it

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 09:11 AM

Aug 2017

3catwoman3

(24,029 posts)

6. I do not know any songs about...

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 10:19 AM

Aug 2017

...nurses/nurse practitioners.

dawg

(10,624 posts)

8. Maybe this one fits?

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Sat Aug 19, 2017, 10:42 AM

Aug 2017

mucifer

(23,559 posts)

12. hospice nurse songs? That would be me.

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Sat Aug 19, 2017, 11:44 PM

Aug 2017

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DBoon

(22,395 posts)

33. How about this?

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #6)

Sun Aug 20, 2017, 03:36 PM

Aug 2017

Warpy

(111,327 posts)

54. From a doctor who gets it

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #6)

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 09:02 PM

Aug 2017

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)

58. Jethro can help

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #6)

Thu Aug 24, 2017, 04:19 AM

Aug 2017

A HERETIC I AM

(24,376 posts)

9. All the songs about my profession suck, but at least this one's a bit funny;

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 11:06 AM

Aug 2017

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,335 posts)

14. We drove that pass a couple novembers ago. A week after they had snow.

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #9)

Sun Aug 20, 2017, 12:22 AM

Aug 2017

There was still some ice on the road.

It was like 10 pm and no one else was on the road.

I said to my partner "at least there is no traffic. Hey wait a minute, there's probably a reason there's no traffic "

It's probably a good thing it was night so my partner didn't freak out looking over the edge. It's probably a good thing I didn't hear this song for the first time until the next day.

I'd like to do it again in daylight. With no ice on the road.

GReedDiamond

(5,316 posts)

10. I use Photoshop a lot and get paid for it...so, here's mine...

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 11:23 PM

Aug 2017

LeftInTX

(25,511 posts)

11. I'm a gardener who lives Texas. Always watching the weather and praying:

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 11:31 PM

Aug 2017

(I was just waiting for an excuse to post this song)

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,810 posts)

13. Here's one, sort of.

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Sat Aug 19, 2017, 11:50 PM

Aug 2017

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,335 posts)

15. I knew it!! I always figured you for a Russian spy waitress!!

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #13)

Sun Aug 20, 2017, 12:23 AM

Aug 2017

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,810 posts)

16. Busted!

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #15)

Sun Aug 20, 2017, 12:24 AM

Aug 2017

It's how I met Donald Trump Jr.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,335 posts)

17. *snort*

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Sun Aug 20, 2017, 12:24 AM

Aug 2017

DFW

(54,434 posts)

18. I only did this professionally for a brief time, but.......

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Sun Aug 20, 2017, 12:27 AM

Aug 2017

Kali

(55,019 posts)

19. ...

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sun Aug 20, 2017, 10:11 AM

Aug 2017

https://m.

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

20. For some reason software engineering is not a rich source of inspiration for songs

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Sun Aug 20, 2017, 10:18 AM

Aug 2017

I can't imagine why.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,577 posts)

38. FORTRAN smilin' at me, nothing but FORTRAN do I see.

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #20)

Mon Aug 21, 2017, 10:20 AM

Aug 2017

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Title : FORTRAN Song
Original : Blue Skies
Group : ?
Author : PMW & SG, from DEC archives
Intro :
Song :

FORTRAN Song

(to the tune of Blue Skies)
by PMW & SG, from DEC archives

FORTRAN smilin' at me, nothing but FORTRAN do I see.
COBOL, take it away, nothin' but FORTRAN for me today.
Never saw the bits flowin' so right,
gettin' together, makin' a byte.
Gettin' my answers, quick as a flash,
system is hummin', never a crash...
With FORTRAN, always bug free, don't need no listin' or
DDT.

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Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

41. Thanks mahatmakanejeeves. I'm whelmed. n/t

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Mon Aug 21, 2017, 11:54 AM

Aug 2017

NNadir

(33,540 posts)

21. The elements

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Sun Aug 20, 2017, 11:41 AM

Aug 2017

NNadir

(33,540 posts)

22. I am Chemistry.

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Sun Aug 20, 2017, 11:44 AM

Aug 2017

whistler162

(11,155 posts)

23. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman

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Sun Aug 20, 2017, 12:55 PM

Aug 2017

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

24. School Teacher Blues

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Sun Aug 20, 2017, 01:01 PM

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Last edited Sun Aug 20, 2017, 01:42 PM - Edit history (1)

SethH

(170 posts)

25. Mammas don't let your sons grow up to be epidemiologists

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Sun Aug 20, 2017, 02:04 PM

Aug 2017

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)

26. Okay...! (n/t)

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Sun Aug 20, 2017, 02:14 PM

Aug 2017

ADX

(1,622 posts)

27. Steel Pulse - "Bodyguard"

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Sun Aug 20, 2017, 02:16 PM

Aug 2017

Croney

(4,662 posts)

28. Well, I'm retired now, but...

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sun Aug 20, 2017, 02:28 PM

Aug 2017

https://m.

Iggo

(47,563 posts)

29. I couldn't find a song about HVAC.

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sun Aug 20, 2017, 02:54 PM

Aug 2017

But I work in the office, and this is my favorite song about an office worker.

"At the office where the papers grow, she takes a break
Drinks a cup of coffee 'cause she finds it hard to stay awake.
It's just another day."

madamesilverspurs

(15,806 posts)

30. Memorial Maker

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sun Aug 20, 2017, 02:58 PM

Aug 2017

Chad and Jeremy's "Rest in Peace" -- I briefly worked in that field, interesting work. I've never found a song about my favorite job, the one where I spent 30+ years: figural lampworking, a type of glasswork.

Ptah

(33,034 posts)

31. I'm retired, so it's more of a lament.

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Sun Aug 20, 2017, 03:10 PM

Aug 2017

DBoon

(22,395 posts)

32. Barcelona - "I have the password to your shell account"

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Sun Aug 20, 2017, 03:33 PM

Aug 2017

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)

34. Believe it or not, there are some

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Mon Aug 21, 2017, 04:39 AM

Aug 2017

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)

35. Well, I was a teacher, so...."Homework," J. Geils Band, Live in Allentown, PA:

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Mon Aug 21, 2017, 07:23 AM

Aug 2017

I was front row!

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,577 posts)

36. You'd think there'd be at least one lumberjack here. NT

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Mon Aug 21, 2017, 10:05 AM

Aug 2017

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,810 posts)

42. But just in case there is one...

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Mon Aug 21, 2017, 12:08 PM

Aug 2017

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

37. Everyone knows this one: "School's Out"

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Mon Aug 21, 2017, 10:06 AM

Aug 2017

I'm a retired teacher. (Thank God.)

politicat

(9,808 posts)

39. I work in PTSD (and the related disorders)

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Mon Aug 21, 2017, 10:27 AM

Aug 2017

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)

40. Since I was a truck driver, until

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Mon Aug 21, 2017, 11:02 AM

Aug 2017

Serious medical issues forced me out, there is only one song that comes to mind. An old Eddie Rabbit tune, "Driving my Life Away".

rogerashton

(3,920 posts)

52. Convoy?

Reply to Hayduke Bomgarte (Reply #40)

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 08:52 PM

Aug 2017

Although, as a daily commuter, "Driving my Life Away" works for me, too.

onethatcares

(16,178 posts)

43. 16 tons

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Mon Aug 21, 2017, 05:43 PM

Aug 2017

and what do you get?

A house in Miami and a

brand new lear jet.

Danmel

(4,920 posts)

44. No songs I know of about legislative aides, but in my previous life, I practiced law

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Tue Aug 22, 2017, 02:27 AM

Aug 2017

bluepen

(620 posts)

45. I'm going to use a cover version because I like it better than the original.

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Tue Aug 22, 2017, 11:36 AM

Aug 2017

Iggo

(47,563 posts)

48. Ups for the dance routine.

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Tue Aug 22, 2017, 06:46 PM

Aug 2017

Upthevibe

(8,068 posts)

57. That's great! I've never seen this....

Reply to bluepen (Reply #45)

Thu Aug 24, 2017, 03:34 AM

Aug 2017

I LOVE The B52's, The Beatles, and that song! This is a fun thread

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

46. The Art Teacher by Rufus Wainwright

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Tue Aug 22, 2017, 02:55 PM

Aug 2017

I never heard this song before!

struggle4progress

(118,327 posts)

47. Lobachevsky

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Tue Aug 22, 2017, 03:26 PM

Aug 2017

Tom_Foolery

(4,691 posts)

49. Charlie Dore's "Pilot of the Airwaves"...

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Tue Aug 22, 2017, 08:33 PM

Aug 2017

Wolf Frankula

(3,601 posts)

50. I did this for a while.

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 08:41 PM

Aug 2017

Wolf

underpants

(182,866 posts)

51. There are none

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 08:45 PM

Aug 2017

No one writes songs about procurement

TexasBushwhacker

(20,209 posts)

55. Shop Around? n/t

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Wed Aug 23, 2017, 09:35 PM

Aug 2017

drray23

(7,637 posts)

53. here is one

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Tue Aug 22, 2017, 08:52 PM

Aug 2017

TexasBushwhacker

(20,209 posts)

56. Well, I've been a bookkeeper for 20 years

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Wed Aug 23, 2017, 09:42 PM

Aug 2017

This is the closest thing I could think of.

And I was a science teacher in the 80s.

nuxvomica

(12,438 posts)

59. "Little Triggers" by Elvis Costello

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Thu Aug 24, 2017, 04:26 AM

Aug 2017

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