I am adding songs which sing the countries in geographical locations in order around the continent or geographical region. The countries are all in a journey in population order. Then I have my Africa song and my South America song (from Mexico down) and so on. I make the songs up to well known tunes. When I think of a country in the journey, say Togo, then the appropriate song will come to mind, so I have it in Africa in the right position. All other information, such as cities, is attached to the journey location. The songs only serve to get them geographically in place. I sing in the shower!
My South American song is to jingle bells. It starts:
Mexico GBH, Guatamala ring the bells, eh,
Oh what fun Honduras has
When El Salvador paints his way, eh.
The GBH gets me going with Guatemala, Belize and Honduras, then I’m off an running. Is GBH the crime of “grievous bodily harm” in the US as it is in the UK and Australia? If not, that will make no sense!
The song gets thoroughly politically incorrect (but memorable!) so I’ll leave it there.