Ernie: And now, we'd like to do a song our roots.
Ernie, we're gonna sing about trees?
Ernie: No, Bert. By roots I family. Or, as we say here in the country, kin folk.
Bert: We say that here in the
Ernie: All the time, Bert. we sing about it.
Bert: Wow! Yippee tay ay, Ernie! Okay, we go!
Both: Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Just a way of family Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come meet the kin on my family tree
Ernie: There's Sue who sells sea shells by the sandy shore
Bert: easy for you to say. And Uncle Peter Who peppers by the score Now who
Ernie: Well cousins Kim and Slim and Mim And some never met
Bert: Hey, and Bernice is just 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) Come the kin folk on my family tree
Why, you know, Bert, My Auntie Ernestina To live on
I remember her. Hey, how about: My favourite Uncle Runs an factory
And you won't believe this: But my father's uncle's 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, 'cause it's my turn to sing! We grouches got relatives too, you know. 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 that beautiful?
Bert: Well, different...
Oscar: And Dan's my kinda man He's into trash me
Oh, Oscar! (giggles)
Oscar: And Joe's the grouch to know His friend is a flea
& Ernie: Sounds like you've got quite a family
Oscar: I 'em!
All: all your Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Just a way of saying Kin (kin folk) Kin (kin folk) Come the kin folk on my family tree meet the kin folk on my family tree-ee-ee-ee