We are all aware of the significance of our formative years and its influences on our lives, whether positive or negative. While they often remain as memories, they do remain. The response of the child to rhymes has also continued and persisted through the generations and through the ages. Yet many of these rhymes - though regularly sung or recited to jolly rhythms - contain unfortunate lyrics in my experience. Having sung many during my own childhood, as a mother I therefore began to seek within for fresh words and messages that could be catchy enough not only to have one off pleasure but...