O calculus, O calculus

Dennis Gannon

(Sung to the tune of O Tanunbaum)

Oh calculus; oh calculus!
How tough are both thy branches.
O calculus; O calculus!
To pass, what are my chances?
Derivatives I cannot take,
At integrals my fingers shake.
O calculus; O calculus!
How tough are both thy branches.

O calculus; O calculus!
Thy theorems I can't master.
O calculus; O calculus!
My proofs are a disaster.
You pull a trick out of the air,
Or find a reason God knows where.
O calculus; O calculus!
Thy theorems I can't master.

O calculus; O calculus!
Thy problems so distress me.
O calculus; O calculus!
Related rates depress me.
I walk toward lampposts in my sleep,
And running water makes me weep.
O calculus; O calculus!
Thy problems so distress me.

O calculus; O calculus!
My limit I am reaching.
O calculus; O calculus!
For mercy I'm beseeching.
My grades to not approach a B,
They're just an epsilon from D.
O calculus; O calculus!
My limit I am reaching.