Montreal boy writes catchy kids song at age 7 with help of younger brother

MONTREAL (CityNews) — Two young brothers from Montreal may have a hit on their hands.

Aiden Avsar, now 8, and Noah Avsar, 6, found a creative way to keep busy and entertained during the pandemic: write and record a catchy kids song.

“Cock-a-doodle Time” features farmyard animals like chickens, ducks and horses singing and dancing to a memorable beat.

“I like music so I like to make up my own songs in my head, just for fun, so I started singing,” said Aiden, who wrote the song when he was seven years old.

The song was first uploaded to YouTube in April. It was re-uploaded with a cartoon lyric video on Friday night and already has more than 7,000 views and many positive comments.

“Daughter’s already obsessed with this,” read one comment.

“My son loves it, doesn’t want to listen to anything else,” read another.

The boys’ father Ali Avsar says he helped get the song recorded professionally, but it was entirely written by Aiden — with the help of Noah.

“It was completely written by him,” said Ali. “His brother helped him come up with the animals. So I think once people know it was written by a child, they’ll enjoy it a bit more.”

Ali says it was the perfect way to keep the brothers busy during the pandemic.

“When Aiden came up with the song, we tried to ask him to continue with it,” he said. “With the help of his little brother, we made it a fun family activity. With the whole thing with the pandemic, the lockdown. I made a deal with them that if they finished the song, I would have the song recorded.

“It will be a nice memory to look back on when they’re older that we did this with the kids as a family project during this difficult time.”

Handout photo of Noah and Aiden Avsar, who wrote a catchy kids song while locked down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Credit: Ali Avsar/HO)

The father said it also kept his sons distracted by the more challenging aspects of the pandemic, including losing a loved one.

“Not being able to see friends, not having birthday parties, especially with my mom passing away, his grandma. He wasn’t able to go visit her because of the restrictions so it was a bit difficult for the kids,” he said.

“Because Aiden is a little bit older, he was able to understand but I think with the song, it kind of got their mind off of the whole thing with the pandemic. It made things fun, let them be creative and just kind of be kids and have fun with everything going on.”