von Neumann filk

Tune: Chuck Berry, "Johnny B. Goode"

Down in Central Europe, where the Danube flows,
In the basin where the Magyar kingdoms rose,
Of all the math and science nerds, he was the best
At the Lutheran gymnasium of Budapest.
He was Neumann János Lajos in his land of birth,
Or Johnny von Neumann on the rest of Earth.

Go go, go Johnny go, go,
Go Johnny go go go,
Johnny v. N.

The theory of sets he handled with aplomb,
Then quantum mechanics and the atom bomb,
And in Philly, Pennsylvania, he came to hack
On an early computer called the ENIAC.
Then self-replicating interstellar ships,
To turn the universe into paper clips.

Go go, go Johnny go, go,
Go Johnny go go go,
Johnny v. N.