Click on the Play button to hear the song. This is the Personal Hygiene song, in Welsh (first player), Can Molchi’n Lan (literally translates as the ‘Washing Clean Song’) and in English (second player). The words are shown below. We are in the process of making a CD of Edwin’s songs to aid teaching. All songs on the CD will be in English as well as some being available in Welsh. To be kept informed as soon as further material becomes available, please fill in the form at the foot of this page.

This song has been written to help people with a more severe learning disability learn about the importance of personal hygiene. The long musical introduction is to aid the person to have time to listen-in properly and feel the groove before the singing comes in. The words are in short sentences or one-word at a time so that a person who might not be able to grasp a long or complicated sentence can understand the meaning more easily.

Because of the simplicity to the word arrangement it is also quite easy to use sign language along with the song. This song has been reviewed by Gwennan Roberts, Speech and Language therapist based in Bryn y Neuadd Hospital in North West Wales who helped a great deal by giving me advice and by showing us how we could use symbols with this song (we unfortunately cannot show symbols at the moment due to copyright issues). The simplicity of this song also allows easy translation therefore we have a Welsh and English version and it could easily be translated into other languages which I hope to do (especially some other minority languages we have in Britain). I feel that this song could also be used with children of primary school age to learn about personal hygiene and learn the names of body parts etc and has created some interest among primary school teachers and workers in the Dwyfor area and is regularly used with a small group of people at ‘Gwystl’ a day care centre for people with learning disabilities near Pwllheli, North Wales. I hope the tune is catchy enough for people to enjoy it and learn at the same time. I have had help in recording the two versions, the Welsh version by two pupils of Ysgol Pont y Gof School, Magi Elin and her sister Nel Bryn and their mother Hafwen and her sister Nin. The man who recorded bongos and tambourine on the English version is Kevin Hewitt who uses the learning disability service and whom I met through music workshops with Anheddau services for people with a learning disability in Bangor, North Wales. The singer on the English version is Jane Williams who is a musician and also a qualified nurse.

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