Disappearing Cryptography, 3rd Edition

Chapter 8. Turing and Reverse

8.1. Doggie's Little Get Along

• One weekend I messed with the guts of my jukebox.
• I wanted to zip it up to tweet like a bird
• When the wires got crossed and the records spun backward
• And this is the happy voice that I heard:
• Whoopee Tie Yi Yay,
  • The world's getting better and your love's getting strong
• Whoopee Tie Yi Yay,
  • Your lame dog will walk by the end of this song.
• The music was eerie, sublime and surreal,
• But there was no walrus or devil.
• The notes rang wonderfully crystalline clear
• Telling us that it was all on the level:
• Whoopee Tie Yi Yay
  • This weekend your sixty-foot yacht will be floated.
• Whoopee Tie Yi Yay
  • The boss just called to tell you, “You're promoted.”
• So after a moment I began to ...