Filk from the past

[jere7my]

I just read an email—I received it a couple of weeks ago, but it got caught in my spam-trap address—from Walter Smith of Haverford Physics, asking if he could post an old filk of mine to his collection of physics songs. (He used to have a link to the song in binde's filk archive, but that seems to be no more.)

It made me smile, that this goofy little ditty I wrote ten years ago is still generating some interest. I should finish the other filks that have been bopping around in my head.

Anyway, I don't want to steal Dr. Smith's thunder, but here's the filk in question, for posterity:

The Auld Cosine

Should SOH-CAH-TOA be forgot
By our overburdened minds,
We'll use our HP-48s
To find the auld cosine.

The auld cosine, my friend,
The auld cosine!
Adjacent over 'potenuse:
That is the auld cosine.

(Actually, it is still available online—in Russian.)

Comments

[zorblak.livejournal.com]

Writing filk is fun. I currently write one new filk a year, so that I have something to debut in the filk room at Lunacon. (As Lunacon was this past weekend, I'll be posting my new filk to my journal shortly.)

[chlomar.livejournal.com]

I know Walter Smith. He is a shape note singer. Cute song. Maybe I'll make my math tutee sing it.

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

This is adorable! Also, I find it extremely frustrating that you don't have a central consolidated listing of all your filk songs. This is becoming very tricky to google. :P

~Sor