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