I memorized that (and several other) Animaniacs songs without being familiar with the melody. Even Tom Lehrer’s The Elements reached me before Pirates of Penzan

I memorized that (and several other) Animaniacs songs without being familiar with the melody. Even Tom Lehrer’s The Elements reached me before Pirates of Penzance did. I think the melody just needs to be simple, then it'll become ”familiar” quickly. However, for the use-case at hand (remembering IPv6 addresses) I don't think I'd use that. I'd just write them down somewhere, like, uh, perhaps, oh I know: the hosts file.