Liam was singing Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s ‘Homeless’ today in the car. I’m serious. He sang:

Somebody say ih hih ih hih ih
Somebody sing hello, hello, hello
Somebody say ih hih ih hih ih
Somebody cry why, why, why?

He’s heard it on Sarah McLachlan’s Rarities, B-Sides, and Other Stuff Vol 2 a few times (I only have Graceland on cassette, more’s the pity, and there is no tape player in the house). I was quite surprised to hear him do it, though, and do it so accurately. He’s also been doing excellent renditions of “The Rainbow Connection”, sometimes the original song Kermit sings in the swamp, sometimes the version at the end of The Muppet Movie (“that’s part of what rainbows do…”).

Speaking of the boy, I am off to collect him. First I have to drop that DVD off and buy a binder at the dollar store, though.