Ernie: And now, we'd like to do a song our roots.
Ernie, we're gonna sing about trees?
Ernie: No, Bert. By I mean family. Or, as we say here in the country, kin folk.
Bert: We say here in the country?
All the time, Bert. Sometimes we sing about it.
Bert: Wow! tay ay, Ernie! Okay, here we go!
Both: Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Just a way of family Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin on my family tree
Ernie: There's Auntie Sue who sells sea Down by the shore
Bert: That's for you to say. And Uncle Piper Who picks by the score Now who
Ernie: Well cousins Kim and Slim and Mim And I've never met
Bert: Hey, and Bernice is just like family... for a
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 Uncle Ollie an oatmeal factory
Ernie: And you won't believe But my uncle's mother Was my Bea
Bert: Uhm... Do you mind that by me one more time, Ernie?
Sure, Bert.
Both: all my Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Just a way of family Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin folk on my tree
Bert: Hey, it, Oscar!
Oscar: Move over, 'cause my turn to sing! We grouches got relatives too, you know. Only we don't call them kin folks, we call them can folks! Heh heh heh.
Oscar: There's Ron and Nephew Nat Who sings off key Isn't beautiful?
Well, it's different...
Oscar: And Dirty Dan's my man He's trash like me
Oh, Oscar! (giggles)
Oscar: And Joe's the grouch to know His best is a flea
Bert & Ernie: Sounds you've got quite a family
Oscar: I 'em!
They're all your Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Just a way of family Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin on my family tree Come the kin folk on my family tree-ee-ee-ee