Don't worry it's not what you think Another tale of woe Of Tiny Tim and all the rest And the ending we all know Scrooge and ghosts and la de da They do it in one night But, that was Charles Dickens way It's time we got it right Nobody works the way they did The poorhouses done and dusted If Scrooge was here and lived today You know he would be busted
So, I'll bring you up to date on this And Scrooge can come on too It's been a couple hundred years Let's make this carol new
Scrooge had let Bob Cratchit go Due to labour laws and stuff He didn't have a union But old Scrooge had heard enough Every year the same old thing And every year he cries It's only for one day each year At least till his kid dies So, Scrooge was sitting home alone Checking files on his screen Debtors owing money and Re runs of Mister Bean Scrooge kept his accounts on line So he could work on them at home He got more done here anyway He felt more comfortableΒ Β alone While surfing through his evict notes A pop up screen appeared It said "I am The Marley Virus" And Sir Scooge, I should be feared Scrooge cursed the interruption He thought the virus was a joke But, when he tried to clear the screen A face appeared and spoke Right there before his rheumy eyes His partner showed his face Ebeneezer hit delete But Marley held his place I'm not a ghost like olden days I'm a virus now you see I've moved into the future And Scrooge you must hear me You will not get a visit From three ghost like stories old We've gone hi tech, it's apps you'll get And your story will be told Three icons will be on your screen Once I have told my tale You'll click on each of them in turn And you'll ignore all your mail Each application will come forth And will take you back in time Remember Scrooge, the end result Could be the same as mine But, Jacob, I'll delete them I'll run a scan and then reboot The reason for your being here Will then be surely moot Marley let a piercing howl And he left Scrooge with his screen The were just three icons there Where his desktop once had been Scrooge clicked one, it opened up It was Christmas past for sure A video of Scrooges life Was playing now, and more The background everchanging Showing Scrooge in younger days When greed and avarice were not The ruler of his ways Remember now, we're modernized No ghosts, so all went well Scrooge remembered all the good times As far as I can tell The video ran on and on It showed Scooge when he was nice He thought you know when all is done I might just watch this twice The screen went black, the music stopped And two icons took their place He clicked on icon number two And he opened up it's case Donation links appeared at first To charities galore But Scrooge just passed on over them In fact he showed them to the door He saw the files of eviction notes And of receivables and charts He knew that he would lose one day And the next, would need to start To work on all this quickly Year end would be here soon He'd evict all of the deadbeats And then they'd sing a different tune He saw pictures of Bob Cratchit Of his family and his brood Of their meager Christmas Dinner And the apparent lack of food He saw how they were happy How just together meant so much And beside their electric fire He saw a tiny crutch He watched the clip and saw the pics And in the end it warmed his heart But there was still another icon And this app must play it's part You know where this is going So, I would drag out the tale But, in the end all his possessions Went on line for a huge sale He clicked upon the icon And all his files reappeared And then ...right before him Each account slowly disappeared Written off, deleted gone No money did they owe The ledger had been vanquished No balance did it show This took almost two hours Each entry in the wind All accounts forgotten All eviction notes were binned Scrooge, we know was changed then We heard he was a better man But, in truth he only changed one thing A new virus protection plan Remember, it's the future And corporate greed is still around And no accounts will be forgotten Till Scrooge is six feet in the ground I know you know the story You want him nicer in the end But, if that's the way you want it Go watch the movie once again!!!