Ernie: And now, we'd to do a song about our roots.
Bert: Ernie, we're gonna sing about
Ernie: No, Bert. By I mean family. Or, as we say here in the country, kin folk.
Bert: We say here in the country?
Ernie: All the time, Bert. Sometimes we sing it.
Wow! Yippee tay ay, Ernie! Okay, here we go!
Both: Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) a way of saying family Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin folk on my tree
Ernie: Auntie Sue who sells sea shells Down by the shore
Bert: That's for you to say. And Peter Piper Who picks by the score Now who
Well there's cousins Kim and Slim and Mim And some I've met
Bert: Hey, and Bernice is just family... for a pigeon
They're all your Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) a way of saying family Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin on my family tree
Why, you know, Bert, My Ernestina used To live on
I remember her. Hey, how about: My favourite Ollie Runs an oatmeal
And you won't believe this: But my uncle's mother Was my Bea
Bert: Uhm... Do you mind running that by me one time, Ernie?
Sure, Bert.
Both: all my Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Just a way of saying Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) meet the kin folk on my family tree
Bert: Hey, it, Oscar!
Oscar: Move over, 'cause it's my turn to sing! We grouches got relatives too, you know. Only we don't call kin folks, we call them can folks! Heh heh heh.
Oscar: There's Rotten Ron and Nat Who always off key Isn't that
Bert: Well, different...
And Dirty Dan's my kinda man He's trash like me
Oh, Oscar! (giggles)
Oscar: And Sloppy Joe's the grouch to His friend is a flea
Bert & Ernie: Sounds you've got quite a family
I like 'em!
All: They're all Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Just a way of saying Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin folk on my family meet the kin folk on my family tree-ee-ee-ee