Jerry Lee Lewis was an early computer programmer who got stuck by his team making dry runs of computer code, often spending
many hours alone at night at work. Dry runs are an important part of the software testing process, performed by the software
developers before the code is turned over to the test team for independent verification and validation.
Bored and lazy, and waiting for time-consuming message processing routines to finish, he started improvising on a beat-up
piano standing in the corner of his work area, and this was one of his early, rejected songs. It was later re-written to become
a classic.
Dry Run (Wild One, Jerry Lew Lewis)
Well I am just out of school I am real real cool I got the jump got the jive Got the message I'm alive
On a Dry a Dry run! Ohhh yeah On a Dry run!
I'm gonna keep a workin' I'm gonna keep a movin' baby Don't you cramp my style, (I'm) doin' soft-ware trial!!
Come on baby work all night long Work until the fingers wear down to the bone
I'm On a Dry run Ohhh Yeah On a Dry run
I'm gonna keep a workin' I'm gonna keep a movin' baby Don't you cramp my style, (I'm) doin' soft-ware trial!
[piano solo]
Well I gonna work you up at a dis-count rate Get ready sugar, set the data rate
We're gonna move it all night long Until A Whole Lotta Workin' Going Be On!
On a Dry run Ohhh Yeah On a Dry run!
I'm gonna keep a workin' I'm gonna keep a movin' baby Don't you cramp my style, (I'm) doin' soft-ware trial! whoa!
[guitar solo]
Well I really get to workin' when the sun goes down Oh after dark I take the server down Gonna move on I'll make
modules flop When we start to workin' now sure can't stop
On a Dry run Ohh Yeah On a Dry run
I'm gonna keep a workin' I'm gonna keep a movin' baby Don't you cramp my style, (I'm) doin' soft-ware trial!
