" OH CALCULUS, OH CALCULUS!"

By Denis Gannon (1940-1991)
may be sung to "Oh, Christmas Tree"
Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus,
How tough are your two branches.
Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus,
To pass, what are my chances?
Derivatives, I cannot take,
At integrals my fingers shake.
Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus,
How tough are your two branches.

Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus,
Your theorems I can't master.
Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus,
My proofs are a disaster.
You pull a trick out of the air,
Or find a reason, God knows where.
Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus,
Your theorems I can't master.

Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus,
Your problems do distress me.
Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus,
Related rates depress me.
I cut out boxes in my sleep,
And max and min do make me weep.
Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus,
Your problems do distress me.

Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus,
My limit I am reaching.
Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus,
For mercy, I'm beseeching.
My grades do not approach a B,
They're just an epsilon from D.
Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus,
My limit I am reaching.