Ernie: And now, we'd to do a song about our roots.
Bert: Ernie, we're gonna sing about
Ernie: No, Bert. By I mean family. Or, as we say here in the country, kin folk.
Bert: We say here in the country?
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 family Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin folk on my tree
Ernie: There's Auntie Sue who sea shells by the sandy shore
Bert: easy for you to say. And Peter Piper Who picks peppers by the Now who
Ernie: Well there's cousins Kim and and Mim And I've never met
Bert: Hey, and is just like family... for a pigeon
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 tree
Why, you know, Bert, My Ernestina used To live on
I remember her. Hey, how about: My Uncle Ollie an oatmeal factory
Ernie: And you won't believe But my uncle's mother Was my Bea
Bert: Uhm... Do you mind that 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 tree
Bert: Hey, it, Oscar!
Oscar: Move over, 'cause 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 sings off key Isn't that
Well, it's different...
Oscar: And Dirty my kinda man He's into like me
Oh, Oscar! (giggles)
Oscar: And Sloppy the grouch to know His best is a flea
& Ernie: Sounds like you've got quite a family
Oscar: I 'em!
All: all your 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 family