This is a song I've been working on on and off over the last couple years; when I sang it recently at a filk convention, I was told I should post it here. I hope it’s not too OT (or too technically inaccurate!). Sheet music, MIDI, and ABC source are available at http://songs.q-ist.com/. Four Lit-tle Bytes of Ad-dress Code by Aaron Davies ttto “Two Lit-tle Bytes” by Amy Fass after “Three Little Maids from School” by Gilbert & Sullivan chorus: Four little bytes of address code Couldn’t spare any more bandwidth load To indicate the network node Four little bytes of code Four little bytes, all allocated IPv6 is anticipated Sixteen years we’ve already waited! Four little bytes of code (chorus) Four little bytes, a space all used up Fridges and toasters IPs have chewed up When will the ISPs get clued-up? Four little bytes of code (chorus) Four little bytes, a space exhausted Plenty of room, once, but now we’ve lost it v4 is dead, man, it’s time we tossed it[1] Four little bytes of code Four little by———tes of code! Save on your subnets—four bytes! END [1] Thanks to Bob Kanefsky for the rhyme! -- Aaron Davies aaron.davies@gmail.com