Hymns

All My Hope on Emacs is Founded

Tune: Michael

Refrain: Hour by hour, Stallman's pow'r is my temple and my tow'r.

Stanza 1: All my hope on Emacs is founded in the holy GPL,

and when ever I shall need it, never fails to keep its word.

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Stanza 2: And when ever programs are written, license them with GPL,

always, ever, and eternal, Stallman's goodness come to us.

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Stanza 3: Still from Emacs, editor eternal, sacrifice of praise be done,
high above all praises praising for the gift of Stallman's hands.

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Stanza 4: Daily doth the almighty Emacs, bounteous gifts on us bestow;
its desire our soul delighteth, LISP shall lead us where we go.

Emacs calls, one and all, he who follows shall not fall.

Before Ignucius' Awesome Throne, Ye Nations Bow in Sacred Joy

Tune: Old Hundredth

Stanza 1: Before Ignucius' awesome throne, ye nations bow in sacred joy.

Remember that Emacs alone your files create and destroy.

Stanza 2: His sovereign pow'r without much aid, wrote code in LISP and it was made.

And when the people used vi, he brought them to his fold again.

Stanza 3: Wide as my RAM is thy command, vast as my hard disk thy control.

Firm as a rock is Emacs' code, when rolling years shall cease to move.

Stanza 4: We'll crowd thy files with thankful code, High as the heav'ns our sources raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand hands, shall fill thy terminals with praise.