The History of Field Engineers

When the earth was created, the powers above
Gave each man a job to work at and love.
He made doctors and lawyers and plumbers and then
He made carpenters, singers, and confidence men.

And when each had a job to work as he should,
The Lord looked them all over and saw it was good

He then sat down to rest for a day
When a horrible roar chanced to come his way
The Lord looked down, and His eyes opened wide
For a motley collection of bums stood outside
"Oh! What can they want", the Creator asked then
"Help us", they cried out, "Find a job for us men!"
"We have no profession", they said in dismay
"And even the jails have turned us away"
Said the Lord, "I've seen many things without worth"
"But here I find gathered the scum of the earth"
The Lord was perplexed and then he was mad
For all the jobs there was none to be had!
Then He spoke aloud in a deep angry tone

"Forever and ever ye mongrels shall roam,
Ye shall freeze in the summer and sweat when it's cold
Ye shall work on equipment that's dirty and old
Ye shall crawl under raised floors and there cables lay
Ye shall be called out at midnight and work thru the day
Ye shall work on all holidays and not make your worth
Ye shall be blamed for all downtime that occurs on the earth
Ye shall watch all glory go to software and sales
Ye shall be blamed by them both if the system then fails
Ye shall be paid nothing but sorrow and tears
Ye shall be forever cursed and called FIELD ENGINEERS!"

And thus God in his onmipotence, he passed on to those incompetents
The day to day travails of all who bust their tails
And have not the knowledge (most haven't finished college)
To keep the arcane engines humming and the Pentiums incorrectly summing

They march to their merciless beat, ever damned but always neat
They question daily, is there a God? And all who hear them take pity and nod
They look away and exclaim with a sigh
There but for the grace of God go I