Ode to the Immune System

Context: I’m sick. When I’m sick, I get bored without being able to write properly. Consequently, I tend to write shorter things, like songs. Here’s a about how certain parts of the immune system work. To the tune of “The Red Army is Strongest” AKA “Red Army, Black Baron”, AKA “That song from the Comintern faction in Hearts of Iron IV“. Enjoy.

The deadly virus and the harmful germ
Are gathering a great dark storm
But without regard for the the malady
The immune cells defend the body

So see the macrophage, begin the war to wage
Take its enemies hand to hand
Then it engulfs them with its deadly rage
As it makes the body’s first stand

Hear great cry of the brave neutrophils
As they charge forth into great trouble
As without regard for the the malady
The immune cells defend the body

So see Dendritic Cells, ring out their warning bells
Awaking the nearest lymph gland
And activating the T and B cells
As it prepares the final stand

Watch the B lymphocytes turning the tide
Making antibodies well supplied
As without regard for the the malady
The immune cells defend the body

Now the new mem’ry Cells, in the lymph nodes shall dwell
As others die by their own hand
The body stands down, as now all is well
As it survived the final stand