Blame It On Bernoulli
Liner notes
This is a MathsJam Jam classic that still gets belted out in the Greatest Hits section once in a while. The starting point was 'I just can't control my fleet' and the whole thing built up around that.I bustled into Basel
With quite a tricky puzzle
I heard there was a boffin there who ought to know
I've got a mid-sized navy
That's gone all misbehavey
My ships keep on colliding in the water flow
Don't blame it on the docksides
Don't blame it on the sail size
Don't blame it on the high tides
Blame it on Bernoulli
Don't blame it on the docksides
Don't blame it on the sail size
Don't blame it on the high tides
Blame it on Bernoulli
It was hard to track down Daniel
‘Cause for everyone and his spaniel
There’s someone in the family that’s called the same
At least six Nikolauses
Two Hieronymuses
Two Jakobs and three Johanns who all share a name.
Don't blame it on the docksides
Don't blame it on the sail size
Don't blame it on the high tides
Blame it on Bernoulli
I asked him if his thinking
Could stop my ships from sinking
Every time the wind blows they're in jeopardy
It turns out their submersion
Is due to the conversion
Between pressure and kinetic energy
Don't blame it on the docksides
Don't blame it on the sail size
Don't blame it on the high tides
Blame it on Bernoulli
Don't blame it on the docksides
Don't blame it on the sail size
Don't blame it on the high tides
Blame it on Bernoulli
I just can't, I just can't, I just can't control my fleet
I just can't, I just can't, I just can't control my fleet