“It’s the Bluebook”
(to the tune of “Copacabana”)

I thought a footnote, was just a footnote
Italicized a little there, and lots of commas everywhere
Supras and infras, see and see generally
It isn’t just a guide
Footnoting keeps me satisfied
Abbreviations for the states, what the editor reads when he masturbates
I know all ninety-seven rules
And you wonder why I can’t get dates

It’s the bluebook, the holy bluebook
So torn up that I bought a new book
It’s the bluebook, the holy bluebook
Abbreviations for two hundred nations
It’s the bluebook... I fell in love.

I had this journal, it was infernal
Four thousand pages all in Dutch, the ink was melting at the touch
The rule was sixteen, on page one-eighteen
It told me what I had to do,
Oh bluebook I’m in love with you
And my line editor said that ‘cause I did this I was through
But I want more cause I love the process
Give me rule 18-point-2.

It’s the bluebook, the holy bluebook
So torn up that I bought a new book
It’s the bluebook, the holy bluebook
One short citation, oh what a sensation
It’s the bluebook... I fell in love.

Now there’s a pamphlet, but there’s no author
But I’ve got rule 15.1, the Bluebook makes my evenings fun
Page 107. Now I’m in heaven
Cause I just love these caps so small
Next to parentheses so tall
The 3rd edition -- check, let’s add a comma, what the heck.
I am the master of the cite
Nothing else to do at night

It’s the bluebook, the holy bluebook
So torn up that I bought a new book
It’s the bluebook, the holy bluebook
Let me revise it, so everyone buys it
It’s the bluebook... I fell in love.