In the Light of Day, and Dark of Night,

I'll crank my power full to the right,

To show my RF strength and clout,

And repeatedly my callsign shout!

Because I must, I must divine,

If in Lord Howe I'm 5 and 9!

And in Tonga, Gabon, Mayotte,

I need to know my signal's hot!

3B9 and VU7,

Send me straight to DX heaven!

Calls from lands oh so exotic,

If I miss them, I'll go neurotic!

To snag the rare ones, I'll use each trick:

I'll skip work, I'll call in sick!

I'll miss birthdays and traditions,

Just to work DXpeditions!

And when my family members whine,

I'll say, "Hang on, there's VQ9!"

But should I incur some wifely wrath,

I'll just cry, "Not now! Ten's hot long path!"

To keep my rep as pile-up buster,

I stay logged on the DX Cluster,

And I read each bulletin,

QRZ and Ohio Penn.

And though my money gets swiped by tramps,

I'll keep mailing crisp "green stamps",

In the hopes my work so hard,

Nets for me a third-world card.

The QSL, the Holy Grail!

The DXer's joy that comes by mail.

And though we prize these souvenirs,

It sure takes long--it seems like years!

With each contact I near my goal,

Of DXCC Honor Roll.

And with ev'ry packet spot I'm seein',

I keep hopin' for a North Korean!

And so I'll say, "5-9, 7-3,"

"By the Buro's fine by me!"

By Boulder K and Grey-line edge,

I promise here, I make this pledge:

In the Light of Day, and Dark of Night,

I'll crank my power full to the right,

To show my RF strength and clout,

And repeatedly my callsign shout!

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