[00:03.03]Sesame Street
[00:12.45]Miscellaneous
[00:12.75]Kin Folk
[00:12.93]spoken:
[00:13.20]Ernie: And now, we'd like to do a song about our roots.
[00:24.69]Bert: Ernie, we're gonna sing about trees?
[00:27.33]Ernie: No, Bert. By roots I mean family. Or, as we say here in the country, kin folk.
[00:32.04]Bert: We say that here in the country?
[00:34.08]Ernie: All the time, Bert. Sometimes we sing about it.
[00:36.66]Bert: Wow! Yippee tay ay, Ernie! Okay, here we go!
[00:45.09]sung:
[00:47.01]Both: Kin folk (kin folk)
[00:47.46]Kin folk (kin folk)
[00:50.67]Just a way of saying family
[00:53.01]Kin folk (kin folk)
[00:53.37]Kin folk (kin folk)
[00:59.88]Come meet the kin folk on my family tree
[01:05.97]Ernie: There's Auntie Sue who sells sea shells
[01:09.39]Down by the sandy shore
[01:11.25]Bert: That's easy for you to say.
[01:14.01]And Uncle Peter Piper
[01:16.02]Who picks peppers by the score
[01:19.11]Now who else?
[01:19.92]Ernie: Well there's cousins Kim and Slim and Mim
[01:23.46]And some I've never met
[01:24.84]Bert: Hey, and Bernice is just like family... for a pigeon
[01:29.67]Both: They're all your
[01:30.75]Kin folk (kin folk)
[01:31.50]Kin folk (kin folk)
[01:35.43]Just a way of saying family
[01:37.68]Kin folk (kin folk)
[01:38.13]Kin folk (kin folk)
[01:44.58]Come meet the kin folk on my family tree
[01:48.36]Ernie: Why, you know, Bert,
[01:51.69]My Auntie Ernestina used
[01:54.09]To live on Sesame
[01:56.04]Bert: I remember her. Hey, how about:
[01:58.74]My favourite Uncle Ollie
[02:00.75]Runs an oatmeal factory
[02:02.76]Ernie: And you won't believe this:
[02:05.40]But my father's uncle's mother
[02:07.77]Was my great-grandmother Bea
[02:10.68]Bert: Uhm... Do you mind running that by me one more time, Ernie?
[02:13.53]Ernie: Sure, Bert.
[02:14.16]Both: They're all my
[02:15.42]Kin folk (kin folk)
[02:16.20]Kin folk (kin folk)
[02:20.07]Just a way of saying family
[02:22.32]Kin folk (kin folk)
[02:22.68]Kin folk (kin folk)
[02:29.19]Come meet the kin folk on my family tree
[02:32.04]spoken:
[02:32.22]Bert: Hey, watch it, Oscar!
[02:35.58]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.
[02:44.58]sung:
[02:44.67]Oscar: There's Rotten Ron and Nephew Nat
[02:47.97]Who always sings off key
[02:50.46]Isn't that beautiful?
[02:51.30]Bert: Well, it's different...
[02:52.59]Oscar: And Dirty Dan's my kinda man
[02:55.02]He's into trash like me
[02:56.76]Ernie: Oh, Oscar! (giggles)
[02:58.50]Oscar: And Sloppy Joe's the grouch to know
[03:01.98]His best friend is a flea
[03:04.11]Bert & Ernie: Sounds like you've got quite a family
[03:07.32]Oscar: I like 'em!
[03:08.37]All: They're all your
[03:09.21]Kin folk (kin folk)
[03:09.99]Kin folk (kin folk)
[03:13.92]Just a way of saying family
[03:16.08]Kin folk (kin folk)
[03:16.44]Kin folk (kin folk)
[03:23.88]Come meet the kin folk on my family tree
[03:30.42]Come meet the kin folk on my family tree-ee-ee-ee

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