The House for Realist “Fun”

(With Apologies to the House of The Rising Sun)

There is a house in Liv-er-pool
It’s known to Ray Paw-son
And it's been the ruin of so much E-B-M
And don’t I know I'm one!

My mother was “relative”
(Don’t know what that term means!)
My father was positivist
Written in his genes

Now the only thing a realist needs
Is a mid-range theory
And the only time he's satisfied
He comes across quite dreary

Oh, tutors, tell your students
Not to do what I have done
The only Outcome there is misery
Whatever the Mech-a-nis-m

Well, I got one eye on the Programme
The source of all my pains
I'm goin' back to Liv-er-pool
To break my C-MO chains

Well, there is a house in Liv-er-pool
It’s known to Ray Paw-son
And it's been the ruin of so much E-B-M
And now I know I'm done!

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Dr Andrew Booth BA Dip Lib MSc PhD MCLIP

Reader in Evidence Based Information Practice

Health Economics and Decision Science

School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR)

University of Sheffield

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Lead Author of Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review, Sage Publishers, 2011.

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