Hark, the Herald Gerald Sings!

Sung on the occasion of Gerald K. Dick's retirement celebration, 
August 16, 2001
(to the tune of "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing")

Hark! the herald Gerald sings,
"Glory which retirement brings!
Peace on earth is what I seek,
So I'm leaving just next week.
Joyful, I no more must slog
Through the online catalog...
Adios to PZ 4:
I'll find access points no more."
Hark! the herald Gerald sings,
"Glory which retirement brings!"
 

"Mild I lay the sixth floor by,
I must leave before I die.
Tell LC I won't decide
When and where to subdivide.
Light and life is all inside me;
But farewell, my brain has fried me...
And this much is crystal clear -
I won't be back to volunteer."
Hark! the herald Gerald sings,
"Glory which retirement brings!"
 

"Hail! I finally get some peace
From the honor code police!
Let my hair down, I'll go wild:
La-dee-dah and mercy mild.
Born for music and for mirth,
Now I get a second birth...
With th'angelic host proclaim:
I'm outta here, I've played that game!"
Hark! the herald Gerald sings,
"Glory which retirement brings!"
 

Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelssohn and Richard Hacken