Ernie: And now, we'd like to do a about our roots.
Ernie, we're gonna sing about 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
Ernie: All the time, Bert. Sometimes we 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) meet the kin folk on my family tree
Ernie: Auntie Sue who sells sea shells Down by the shore
That's easy for you to say. And Uncle Peter Who picks by the score Now who
Ernie: there's cousins Kim and Slim and Mim And some I've met
Bert: Hey, and Bernice is just 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 on my family tree
Why, you know, Bert, My Auntie used To live on
Bert: I remember her. Hey, how 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 that by me one time, Ernie?
Sure, Bert.
Both: all my 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
Bert: Hey, it, Oscar!
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 them can folks! Heh heh heh.
Oscar: There's Ron and Nephew Nat Who sings off key Isn't that
Bert: Well, different...
Oscar: And Dirty my kinda man into trash like me
Oh, Oscar! (giggles)
Oscar: And Sloppy Joe's the to know His friend is a flea
Bert & Ernie: Sounds like got quite a family
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 on my family tree meet the kin folk on my family tree-ee-ee-ee