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Our latest song is an oldie but a goodie by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children Well. We just love the lyrics, the harmonies and counter melodies in this song so it had to be done.



We recorded this song in happier times with the intention of releasing it as our #Makaton treat for #Mother'sDay as we love the sentiment about our children teaching us just as much as we teach them.



Yet here we are in the midst of a global pandemic and the lyrics in this song seem to have taken on an entirely different meaning. With nearly all schools closed across the UK, we all find ourselves teaching our own children for the foreseeable future. How ironic. What we will learn from each other during self-isolation do you think?



Sending love from our families to yours in these worrying times xxx


Here's the Makaton sign transcription:

You who are on the road (YOU / ROAD)
Must have a code that you can live by (MUST / PLAN / LIVE)
And so become yourself (BECOME / SELF)
Because the past is just a good-bye. (BECAUSE / LONG TIME AGO / GOODBYE)
Teach your children well, (TEACH / CHILDREN / GOOD)
Their father's hell did slowly go by, (FATHER / WORRY / FINISH)
And feed them on your dreams (GIVE / YOUR / DREAM)
The one they picks, the one you'll know by. (CHOOSE / YOU / KNOW)
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry, (NO / ASK / WHY / TALK / YOU / CRY)
So just look at them and sigh (LOOK)
And know they love you. (KNOW LOVE YOU)


And you, of tender years, (YOU / YOUNG)
(can you hear, do you care and) (YOU / HEAR / IMPORTANT)
Can't know the fears that your elders grew by, (NO / KNOW / WORRY / ADULT)
(can you see, must be free to) (CAN / YOU / SEE / MUST / FREE)
And so please help them with your youth, (PLEASE / HELP / YOUNG)
(teach your children you believe and) (TEACH / CHILDREN / YOU / BELIEVE)
They seek the truth before they can die. (WANT / TRUTH / BEFORE / DIE)
(make a world that we can live in) (MAKE / WORLD / WE / LIVE)

Teach your parents well, (TEACH / PARENTS / GOOD)
Their children's hell will slowly go by, (CHILDREN / WORRY / FINISH)
And feed them on your dreams (GIVE / YOUR / DREAMS)
The one they picks, the one you'll know by. (CHOOSE / YOU / KNOW)
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry, (NO / ASK / WHY / TALK / YOU / CRY)
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you. (LOOK / KNOW / LOVE / YOU)


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