SEVENTY-SIX TROMBONES (from The Music Man)

Seventy-six employees were forced a 2

And A-Hundred and Ten were force ranked a 3

They were followed by scores and scores of more 1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s

And I wonder who will number me…

Seventy-six people will opine on me

And seventy-five don’t know what I do

If we are forced to rank

All involved will say it stank

Just like something scraped off someone’s shoe.

It is more important to support esprit de corps

Sneak attack! Watch your back! Ranking doesn’t work

The only 4s we need to give are to reprove

Those who didn’t move

Up to Hartford from New York

Probably six more times we will protest this

And possibly ten more times if denied

Then we will no longer fight

As our resumes take flight

And King George will wish he hadn’t tried.