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Subject: Re: Computer Songs - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 26-Nov-83 21:43:06 EST
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uokvax!emjej    Nov 24 10:23:00 1983

For a long time, I've toyed with a parody of "Heartbreak Hotel" based
on David Hilbert's discussion of a hotel with aleph-null rooms.  The
obvious first verse is

	We--el, since my baby left me (plunk-plunk)
	I found a new place to dwell; (ditto)
	There's infinite capacity at Hilbert's Hotel
		(chorus)

and one intermediate line has *got* to be

	He said, "Don't worry, son; (plunk plunk)
	We'll move each person in room *n* to room *n + 1*..."
		(chorus)

Alas, this song *has* to give up sometime in the fourth verse,
when uncountably many people arrive. Has this been done before?
Are there any willing collaborators out there?

					James Jones
					...!ctvax!uokvax!emjej