The lyrics for “The Statistician’s Song” were written by Paul Velleman from Cornell University as a parody of Tom Lehrer’s 1974 “The Professor’s Song” published in American Mathematical Monthly and sung to the tune of “If You Give Me Your Attention,” from the play Princes Ida by Gilbert and Sullivan. The song won third place in the Song/Video category of the 2021 A-mu-sing Contest. The song facilitates discussion of the characteristics of good teaching in statistics (e.g. stressing real world applications and gaining insights from evidence over focusing on esoteric theory and memorization of formulas).