Ernie: And now, we'd to do a song about our roots.
Bert: Ernie, we're gonna sing about
Ernie: No, Bert. By roots I family. Or, as we say here in the country, kin folk.
Bert: We say that here in the
Ernie: All the time, Bert. we sing about it.
Bert: Wow! Yippee tay ay, Ernie! Okay, we go!
Both: 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
Ernie: Auntie Sue who sells sea shells Down by the shore
That's easy for you to say. And Uncle Peter Who picks by the score Now who
Ernie: Well there's Kim and Slim and Mim And some never met
Bert: Hey, and Bernice is like family... for a pigeon
They're all your 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
Why, you know, Bert, My Auntie Ernestina To live on
Bert: I her. Hey, how about: My Uncle Ollie Runs an oatmeal
Ernie: And you believe this: But my father's uncle's Was my Bea
Bert: Uhm... Do you mind running by me one more time, Ernie?
Sure, Bert.
Both: all my Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) a way of saying family Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin folk on my family
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 them kin folks, we call can folks! Heh heh heh.
Oscar: There's Rotten Ron and Nat Who sings off key Isn't beautiful?
Well, it's different...
Oscar: And Dan's my kinda man He's trash like me
Oh, Oscar! (giggles)
Oscar: And Sloppy the grouch to know His best is a flea
Bert & Ernie: Sounds like you've got quite a
I like 'em!
All: all your Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Just a way of family Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) meet the kin folk on my family tree Come the kin folk on my family tree-ee-ee-ee