Verification Song (to the tune of Waltzing Matilda)

       by Ian Jolliffe

Once a jolly scientist came to a workshop
In the land of the coolibah tree
And he sang as he made his poster and his powerpoint,
"Who'll come a-verifying forecasts with me?"
"Verifying forecasts, verifying forecasts, who'll come a-verifying forecasts with me?"
And he sang as he made his poster and his powerpoint,
"Who'll come a-verifying forecasts with me?"

Along came some forecasts, escaping from the Bureau
Up jumped the scientist and grabbed them with glee
And he sang as he stuffed those forecasts in his R package,
"Who'll come a-verifying forecasts with me?"
"Verifying forecasts, verifying forecasts, who'll come a-verifying forecasts with me?"
And he sang as he stuffed those forecasts in his R package,
"Who'll come a-verifying forecasts with me?"

Up came the forecaster, hotfoot from his lonely shift
Up came his bosses, one, two, three
Where are those forecasts you've got in your R package
Who'll come a-verifying forecasts with me?
Verifying forecasts, verifying forecasts, who'll come a-verifying forecasts with me?
Where are those forecasts you've got in your R package
Who'll come a-verifying forecasts with me?

Up jumped the scientist and laughed at the forecaster
You'll never see them again, said he
They've been downscaled, smoothed, and now they need recalibrating
You'll come a-verifying forecasts with me!
Verifying forecasts, verifying forecasts, you'll come a-verifying forecasts with me!
They've been downscaled, smoothed, and now they need recalibrating
You'll come a-verifying forecasts with me!