Ernie: And now, we'd like to do a song 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
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 saying Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin folk on my tree
There's Auntie Sue who sells sea shells Down by the sandy
Bert: That's for you to say. And Uncle Peter Who peppers by the score Now who
Ernie: there's cousins Kim and Slim and Mim And I've 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 family
Why, you know, Bert, My Auntie used To on Sesame
Bert: I remember her. Hey, how My Uncle Ollie Runs an factory
Ernie: And you believe this: But my uncle'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 family Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin folk on my family
Bert: Hey, it, Oscar!
Oscar: Move over, it's 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 always off key Isn't that
Bert: Well, 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 friend is a
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 saying Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin folk on my family meet the kin folk on my family tree-ee-ee-ee