AngelDog I use any tune that comes into my head, although recently I have started singing the spoken word if that makes any sense. Usually if I am very tired and put on the spot I use a particular rhythm that appeals to me, like this:
Bam ba bam ba bam ba bam
Bam ba bam baaaa bam bam
Bam ba bam ba bam ba bam
Bam ba bam baaaa bam bam
Then I speed up or slow down my speech according to how many words feels right to fit in. I don't know if that makes any sense, DS was up until three with a hideous cough (how ironic on a thread about getting children to sleep).
He requested the poo song about eight times (we are potty training atm) so I added extra verses for him:
Oh the food that you put into your mouth
And down into your tum
Will come out of you the very next day
As poo poo from your bum
Your teeth are hard and sharp
To break down your food
Then it goes off to the stomach
When its all been well chewed
Your stomach is a funny bag
With acids which churn and slurp
And when it gets too full of air
It all comes out as a burp.
All of your delicious lunch
All the things you ate
Are now a funny mixed up sludge
You wouldn't want back on your plate
The small intestine takes it next
And takes out all the good stuff
That makes your body fit and strong
And bones grow very tough
Now your food looks like water
Brown and very smelly
This is the kind of interesting stuff
That should be on the telly
Theres one more step along the road
From mouth until your bottom.
Your large intestine sucks water out
And leaves stuff that smells rotten
It slides along and round and down
Then your body sends up a shout
That tells you that your poo poo
Is ready to come out.
What a smelly poo poo
You have produced today
Its time to use the handle
To flush it all away.
Bye bye poo
Well done body