ICANNWatch | 'Oh, Happy We' - A New ICANN Song

'Oh, Happy We' - A New ICANN Song
posted by michael on Monday April 15 2002, @04:05PM

Once again, into the ICANNWatch mailbox plops a gently mordant ICANN Song by the "Unknown Artist". This one is entitled Oh, Happy We, drawn from Candide, the story of a believer in the best of all possible worlds. If you missed either of the two earlier songs, here's another chance to enjoy the ICANN Monopoly Song, and the one that started it all, the original ICANN Song.

Full lyrics inside...

Sung to the tune of "Oh, Happy We," from Candide

CANDIDE 

Our task is merely setting standards

And only when we all agree

CUNEGONDE 

We make the rules that all must follow

We're now in charge of net security

CANDIDE 

Online meetings 

CUNEGONDE 

Lots of trips

CANDIDE 

Drafts and papers 

CUNEGONDE 

Good Press Clips

CANDIDE 

Soon many friends will join our just cause

We'll help to make the net improve

CUNEGONDE 

Soon we'll add to our code of laws 

No new domains unless we do approve

CANDIDE 

True consensus

CUNEGONDE 

Growing staff

CANDIDE 

Good discussions

CUNEGONDE 

Lots of laughs

Oh, how the governments will grovel when

They learn that we control the net

CANDIDE 

Users and registries will prosper, and

We will be happy that we met

CUNEGONDE 

Regulations

CANDIDE 

Harmony

CUNEGONDE 

Strong enforcement

CANDIDE 

Diversity  

CUNEGONDE 

We'll travel and enjoy the freebies,

All will be pink champagne and gold. 

CANDIDE 

We'll lead a simple and a free life

Doing what's right, not what we have been told. 

CUNEGONDE 

Growing power

CANDIDE 

Postel's ghost  

CANDIDE

I love ICANN

CUNEGONDE

Pass the roast.

CUNEGONDE, CANDIDE

Oh, happy pair!

Oh, happy we!

It's very rare

How we agree!

PS. The turbulent history of the musical version of Voltaire's classic novel is much more fun than ICANN. Work on the adaptation involved at various times no less than Lillian Hellman, Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur, Dorothy Parker. And the critics still hated it.

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Another parody (based on Porgy and Bess)
by andyo on Tuesday April 16 2002, @02:09AM (#5857)
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I wrote this over two years ago, but it can still be fun for those who know domain name history:

http://www.oreilly.com/~andyo/personal/porgy_and_bess.html

Andy Oram

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Re: 'Oh, Happy We' - A New ICANN Song
by tlr (reversethis-{gro.tsixe-ton-seod} {ta} {relsseor}) on Tuesday April 16 2002, @02:28AM (#5858)
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Is there any possibility to book the artists for a life performance at the Bucharest GA? [I'm serious.]

T.R., GA chair

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Re: 'Oh, Happy We' - A New ICANN Song by Neuro Wednesday April 17 2002, @01:27AM
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