Random Characters/Kin Folk (from Sesame Street)

Cast

 * Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (from The Muppets) as Ernie
 * Philip (from Sesame Street) as Bert
 * Tough Eddie (from Sesame Street) as Oscar the Grouch

Lyrics
spoken:

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: And now, we'd like to do a song about our roots.

Philip: Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, we're gonna sing about trees?

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: No, Philip. By roots I mean family. Or, as we say here in the country, kin folk.

Philip: We say that here in the country?

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: All the time, Philip. Sometimes we sing about it.

Philip: Wow! Yippee tay ay, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew! Okay, here we go!

su ng:

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Philip : 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

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: There's Auntie Sue who sells sea shells Down by the sandy shore

Philip: That's easy for you to say. And Uncle Peter Piper Who picks peppers by the score Now who else?

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: Well there's cousins Kim and Slim and Mim And some I've never met

Philip: Hey, and Bernice is just like family... for a pigeon

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Philip : 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

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: Why, you know, Philip, My Auntie Ernestina used To live on Sesame

Philip: I remember her. Hey, how about: My favourite Uncle Ollie Runs an oatmeal factory

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: And you won't believe this: But my father's uncle's mother Was my great-grandmother Bea

Philip: Uhm... Do you mind running that by me one more time, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew?

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: Sure, Philip.

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Philip : 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:

Philip: Hey, watch it, Tough Eddie!

Tough Eddie: 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:

Tough Eddie: There's Rotten Ron and Nephew Nat Who always sings off key Isn't that beautiful?

Philip: Well, it's different...

Tough Eddie: And Dirty Dan's my kinda man He's into trash like me

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: Oh, Tough Eddie! (giggles)

Tough Eddie: And Sloppy Joe's the grouch to know His best friend is a flea

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Philip : Sounds like you' ve got quite a family

Tough Eddie: I like 'em!

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Philip and Tough Eddie : 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