Song
Title: Mir Ali
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Written by Dr. Kerry Jones
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Sung by Dr. Kerry Jones with Dr. John Emert at the Piano
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On the Occasion of the Retirement of Distinguished Professor
Mir Masoom Ali from Ball State University
at
The Retirement Banquet on May
19, 2007
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Lyrics
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Make way for Mir A - li
Say hey, it's Mir A - li
Hey, clear the way in the old class-room!
Hey, let him through,
This is Mir Ma - soom A - li
Be the first on your block
To catch his eye!
Make way, here he comes!
Ring the bells, bang the drums!
Are you gon - na love this guy!
Mir A-li, fa - bu - lous he!
Prince - of pro - fes - sors
Gen - u - flect,
Show - some re - spect,
Down - on one knee!
His in - tel - lect - is so keen;
Four sig - ma o - ver the mean.
His ar - gu - ments - are so clean!
That's Mir A - li!
He's got do - zens - and do - zens of pa - pers;
Of the Wa - bash,
He is Sa - ga - more.
Read his vi - ta,
And you'll get - the va - pors!
Has he got a few?
I'm telling you,
It's a world - class bi - o - graph - y!
Mir A - li, might - y is he!
Prince - of stat - is - tics,
Smart as ten reg - ular men,
De - fin - ite - ly!
He's worked with "good - ness of fit"
And made a stu -dy of it.
How good a fit - can you get?
Ask Mir A - li!
He's worked with Wei - bull's famed dis - tri - bu - tion,
And the gam - ma of Bec - ker - and Roux.
He has been at - the same in - sti - tu - tion,
Since six - ty - nine.
That is a sign,
He's brim - ming with loy - al - ty!
Our Mir A - li.