A couple of years ago, I decided to write another song based on the song Stop the Cavalry by Jona Lewie. After seeing the post on the Ministry of Testing forum asking us to write a song or poem, I decided to have another go at song writing. This time, I’ve based my song on ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ by Shakin’ Stevens.

Merry Christmas Everyone

The bugs are missing
The software’s working
Testers exploring
Having fun

Devs and Testers
Are full of understanding
Merry Christmas Everyone!

Tests are running, and all passing
Test automation running all night
Time for searching
And Exploratory Testing
Time for learning so all is bright

We’re gonna have a bug hunt tonight
I’m gonna find that bug, hidden deep within the app
We’ll squish it so all is right

Bugs appearing, tests are failing
Legacy issues, we hate to see
All I wish for, are no more bugs here
Not a nice way to spend the year

We’re gonna fix those bugs tonight
We’re gonna find the bugs hidden deep within the app
And we’ll squish them so all is right

The bugs are gone
None around me
Testers playing
Having fun
Devs and Testers
Are full of understanding
Merry Christmas Everyone
Merry Christmas Everyone
Merry Christmas Everyone

Further Resources

The original lyrics can be viewed here:
Merry Christmas Everyone lyrics

If you are unfamiliar with this song, you can listen to it at the by clicking on the following link:

Here are the lyrics to the song I wrote 2 years ago, based on Stop the Cavalry by Jona Lewie:

Wish the bugs were gone by Christmas!