Ernie: And now, like to do a song about our roots.
Bert: Ernie, we're gonna sing trees?
Ernie: No, Bert. By I mean family. Or, as we say here in the country, kin folk.
Bert: We say that in the country?
Ernie: All the time, Bert. we sing about it.
Bert: Wow! tay ay, Ernie! Okay, here we go!
Both: Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Just a way of saying Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin on my family tree
There's Auntie Sue who sells sea shells Down by the sandy
Bert: That's for you to say. And Uncle Piper Who picks peppers by the Now who
Ernie: Well there's cousins Kim and and Mim And some never met
Bert: Hey, and Bernice is just family... for a pigeon
Both: They're all 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
Why, you know, Bert, My Ernestina used To on Sesame
Bert: I remember her. Hey, how My favourite Ollie an oatmeal factory
Ernie: And you won't this: But my father's mother 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) Just a way of saying Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin on my family tree
Bert: Hey, it, Oscar!
Oscar: Move over, 'cause it's my turn to sing! We grouches got too, you know. Only we don't call them kin folks, we call them can folks! Heh heh heh.
Oscar: There's Rotten Ron and Nat Who always off key Isn't beautiful?
Well, it's different...
Oscar: And Dirty Dan's my man He's into like me
Oh, Oscar! (giggles)
Oscar: And Sloppy Joe's the to know His best friend is a
Bert & Ernie: Sounds like you've got a family
Oscar: I 'em!
All: They're all Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) a way of saying 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