Ernie: And now, like to do a song about our roots.
Bert: Ernie, we're sing about trees?
Ernie: No, Bert. By roots I mean family. Or, as we say in the country, kin folk.
Bert: We say that here in the
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) Just a way of saying Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) meet the kin folk on my family tree
Ernie: There's Auntie Sue who sea shells Down by the shore
That's easy for you to say. And Uncle Peter Who picks peppers by the Now who
Ernie: Well cousins 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) a way of saying family Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin folk on my tree
Why, you know, Bert, My Auntie Ernestina To on Sesame
Bert: I remember her. Hey, how My Uncle Ollie Runs an factory
And you won't believe this: But my father's uncle's Was my Bea
Bert: Uhm... Do you running that 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) 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 them kin folks, we them can folks! Heh heh heh.
Oscar: There's Ron and Nephew Nat Who sings off key that beautiful?
Bert: Well, different...
Oscar: And Dirty my kinda man He's into like me
Oh, Oscar! (giggles)
Oscar: And Sloppy the grouch to know His best friend is a
Bert & Ernie: Sounds like you've got a family
I like 'em!
All: all your 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 meet the kin folk on my family tree-ee-ee-ee