Mercaptan! Mercaptan!

You make methane reek

Thereby allowing me

To detect a leak.

Mercaptan! Mercaptan!

O please do tell

Such a friendly compound

But, man, you smell.

Mercaptan! Mercaptan!

‘Tis for you that I’m sad

No one likes you at all

‘Cause you smell so bad.

Mercaptan! Mercaptan!

Not many can appreciate

The wonderful odors

That a sulfhydryl group can create.

Steve Ferguson

March 25, 2004