Ernie: And now, we'd to do a song about our roots.
Bert: Ernie, we're gonna sing 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
All the time, Bert. Sometimes we sing about it.
Bert: Wow! Yippee tay ay, Ernie! Okay, we go!
Both: 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
Ernie: There's Sue who sells sea shells Down by the shore
Bert: That's for you to say. And Uncle Piper Who peppers by the score Now who
Ernie: there's cousins Kim and Slim and Mim And some I've 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 used To on Sesame
Bert: I her. Hey, how about: My favourite Uncle an oatmeal factory
Ernie: And you won't this: But my father's uncle's 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 on my family tree
Bert: Hey, it, 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 call them can folks! Heh heh heh.
Oscar: Rotten Ron and Nephew Nat Who sings off key Isn't beautiful?
Bert: Well, different...
Oscar: And Dan's my kinda man He's trash like me
Oh, Oscar! (giggles)
Oscar: And Joe's the grouch to know His best friend is a
Bert & Ernie: Sounds you've got quite 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