Jim Carrol, with regard to your comment:

Childrens' songs certainly have proved a rich source in the past, but I am not sure how much the one-to-one nature of mobile phone texting has affected the the communal communication that once went on in the schoolyard - I hope it still goes on.

Children are still creating rhymes. However, text messaging is definitely changing the way that children/youth write down the rhymes & cheers that they say and do. Transcriptions by children & youth of this material from their head to the Internet, shows a widespread pattern of using elements of short cut texting such as abbreviated words, and the use of letters and numbers in place of words {such as "b/c" for "because"; "u" for "you" and "4" for "for" or "four"}. What is also very common is the practice of writing lyrics in essay style with run on sentences and very little punctuation and capitalization or inconsistent use of punctuation and capitalization.

Here's an example from a message board page for children's rhymes:

brick wall waterfall girl u think u got it al but u dont i do so poof with the attitude poof i know karate i know kongfoo u mess with me ill use it on u bounce bounce goes the ball theres a baby cryin in the hall a couple bat hundreds of rat here comes mom screaming SCAT better run better hide so FREZE (then everyone frezes until theres only 1 person that hasnt moved

posted by ehren at April 8, 2004 http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php

Also, see this comment that was posted with another example on that same website page:

( this is my version of the song ... plz dont take ne credit 4 it i made this part up myself so if you tell anyone about this verson b sure not to say u made it ) ... thanks .. i will give more comments & post more rymes & songs soon !

posted by Cassi at April 17, 2004