Ernie: And now, we'd to do a song about our roots.
Bert: Ernie, we're sing about trees?
No, Bert. By roots I mean family. Or, as we say here in the country, kin folk.
Bert: We say that here in the
Ernie: All the time, Bert. Sometimes we sing 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 the kin folk on my family tree
Ernie: Auntie Sue who sells sea shells by the sandy shore
Bert: easy for you to say. And Uncle Peter 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 like family... for a
Both: 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
Why, you know, Bert, My Auntie Ernestina To live on
I remember her. Hey, how about: My favourite Ollie Runs an oatmeal
Ernie: And you believe this: But my father's uncle's Was my Bea
Bert: Uhm... Do you mind running that by me one more time,
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 got relatives too, you know. Only we don't call them kin folks, we call them can folks! Heh heh heh.
Oscar: Rotten Ron and Nephew Nat Who sings off key Isn't beautiful?
Bert: Well, different...
Oscar: And Dirty Dan's my man He's trash like me
Oh, Oscar! (giggles)
Oscar: And Sloppy Joe's the grouch to His best is a flea
& Ernie: Sounds like 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) meet the kin folk on my family tree Come the kin folk on my family tree-ee-ee-ee