A Davisville playground may soon get a special name. Chances are, you’ll love it in the morning and in the afternoon, you’ll love it in the evening and underneath the moon.

The kids’ area in June Rowlands Park is set to be dubbed the “Sharon, Lois & Bram Playground” this fall, if all goes according to Councillor Josh Matlow’s plan.

The Ward 22 representative, who is working to have the recreational spot named after the iconic children’s musical trio, will bring the motion to Toronto East York Community Council on Sept. 10.

“Like virtually every Canadian kid, and kids around the world, I grew up being entertained by Sharon, Lois & Bram,” said Matlow, who was born in 1975. “They are a big part of our lives.”

The naming will honour the contributions Sharon Hampson, Lois Lilienstein and Bram Morrison — who all live in the area — have made to Canadian culture.

“We’ve had all kinds of Juno awards and gold records and the Order of Canada, for goodness sake,” said Morrison, 72. “But this is much more grassroots — it connects us literally on the ground with the people who know us and remember us.”

Formed in 1978, the giddy triumvirate has provided a soundtrack for generations of children with their eclectic brand of singalong songmanship. Throughout the ’80s, they starred on CBC’s The Elephant Show, which became a Saturday morning staple for toddlers — and even their parents.

“We created a product that engaged not only the children, but was respectful of the parents as well, so they didn’t run screaming from the room when our music was turned on,” said Hampson, 70.

While music geared toward kids can often be “infuriatingly stupid,” in the words of Morrison, the trio made records with palatable arrangements and styles pleasing to adult ears too, from folk to jazz to calypso.

Of course, Sharon, Lois & Bram’s music was not without its nonsense. The group’s most popular song, after all, was based on three gibberish words: “Skinnamarinky dinky dink.”

“We know it’s a traditional song, but we don’t know exactly where it came from,” said Lilienstein, 77, noting the trio’s repertoire consisted of reinterpretations of old folk songs. “It became a song everybody knew. . . . Teenagers should be embarrassed by singing stuff like that, but they all go gaga for it.”

Now that “Skinnamarink” is an essential part of Canada’s lexicon, the trio’s music is popular even with the SpongeBob SquarePants set.

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“Although we’re not as visible as we were on television, people who connected to our music as young people grow up and reintroduce it to their children,” said Hampson.

While Sharon and Bram still perform together, Lois no longer joins them due to the stress of touring. But the trio plan to reunite for a performance at the tentative unveiling of their eponymous park sign which, Matlow says, will be appropriately elephant shaped.