Noemon posted in another thread about the letter N song. I think that's nice, and I'm not sure if it's favorite, but that got me to thinking about all the way cool songs Sesame Street has had over the years. For my money, though, my favorite is 'Letter B':
quote: When I find I can't remember What comes after "A" and before "C," My mother always whispers, "Letter B."
She told me "B" starts "Big" and "bird" and "Ball" and "bat" and "battery." Yes, buh-buh-buh-buh-buh means Letter B.
Letter B, letter B, letter B, letter B. She whispers "Buh-buh-buh means Letter B."
And when I feel downhearted, Mother whispers "B" words constantly, Like "bib," "Bob," "Bulb," and "bubble," Letter B.
Now in my hour of darkness There's a sound I know will comfort me, It's the buh-buh-buh-buh-buh of Letter B.
Letter B, letter B, letter B, letter B. My mother whispers "B" words, Letter B.
Letter B, letter B, letter B, letter B. My mother whispers "B" words, Letter B.
Letter B, letter B, letter B, letter B. Bless the "buh-buh" sound of Letter B.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Yeah, I always loved that one.
They had a Hendrix cover/adaptation too. What was it? Not Up From The Skies....
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I like the one that goes "1-2-3-4-5 6-7 8-9-10 11 12."
I also like this one that I can't remember, but I loved it as a kid. All I can remember is a turtle playing a banjo or guitar on a rock.
Oh! And Ab-cah-def-gah-jeckle-manop-quir-stuvwixyzzz!
[ August 13, 2004, 04:42 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Yeah, I really like the 1 to 12 song. The graphics for that were, like, some of the most tripped out stuff ever made for children.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Heck yeah!
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
It's the most remarkable word I've ever seen!
I can't think of any favorite songs besides the ones mentioned, but I always liked the cookie monster bits. Arrrmmm num num num num!
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
I like Dance Myself to Sleep. My favorite part is:
quote: Well, I'm gettin' kinda drowsy So the moment has come To grab my rubber duckie While the sheep take my chum
Bert's commentary is even better than the song. Especially when he says:
"Ernie! Those sheep are tap-dancing!"
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
No, you want tripped out, go with that surreal "Try to remember everything you passed, but when you go back, make the first thing the last" sketch. Now that was some trippy stuff.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Sing. Sing a song. Sing out loud. Sing out strong.
Sing of good things, not bad. Sing of happy, not sad.
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
Put Down the Duckie
I Don't Want to Live on the Moon
The Lady Bugs Picnic
Ten Tiny Turtles on the Telephone
One two three four five Six seven eight nine ten. Ten tiny turtles on the telephone Talking with the grocery man.
We would like some lettuce, would you send us ten heads please? Ten sweet potatoes and ten rutabagas With dimples on their knees.
We'd like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 artichokes Ten eggplants, overeasy that's one of our little jokes. We'd also like ten collard greens and please make sure they're washed. Light up our eyes and brighten our minds with ten banana squash.
We'd like ten cans of black eyed peas they give you big strong muscles. Ten of those tasty sprouts the ones that they call Brussels. We'd also like ten mangos, they're a favorite of our sister Gert. One last thing, please do include 10 apples for dessert!
TEN!
Wow, I can't believe I remembered the whole thing.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
If anyone knows what song the turtle sang on the rock, please tell me!
All I can remember is something like "I see one (something) One, one, one (something). Or something.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
*claps hands*
I love the ten turtles song!
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Icarus, is that a Sesame Street original song? Or did they sing it but it came from somewhere else?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Yeah, the 10 Tiny Turtles song was great! I'll second the mention of the Ladybug Picnic song too. I loved that one.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
It has to be said:
"Rubber Ducky" your the 1
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
The Rebel L.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
See pretty picture with lady inside It look delicious, me fit to be tied! Me love to eat it with sugar and cream-- But no no no! Me know the rules! Picture exciting, but not for biting!
(Cookie is joined by a 'back-up trio' of female Cookie lookalikes)
Don't eat the pictures, no no no Don't eat the pictures, no no no Don't eat the pictures--NO! When you go to museum!
See pretty mummy, oh ho ho ho It made in Egypt long time ago Me love to bake it, or broil it, or steam But no no no! Me know the rules! Mummy look yummy, but not for tummy!
Don't eat the mummies, no no no Don't eat the mummies, no no no Don't eat the mummies--NO! When you go to museum!
You open mouth, feed in carrots, Cakes and cookies and pie But pictures aren't cookie, they're meant for looking So if hungry, eat with your eyes!
See pretty statue, so smooth and so white It look like ice cream--me long for a bite! Me love to nibble--but me wouldn't dream! 'Cause no no no, me know the rules! Statue for viewing, it not for chewing!
Don't eat the statue, no no no Don't eat the statue, no no no Don't eat the statue--NO! When you go to museum!
...and all the other songs from that movie. Cause it rocks Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :
"This show contains violent content, and is brought to you by the letter H..."
Anyone else have that in their head?
Feyd Baron, DoC
Posted by Zamphyr (Member # 6213) on :
[/Cookie Monster voice]
Now what starts with the letter C? Cookie starts with C Let's think of other things That starts with C Oh, who cares about the other things?
C is for cookie, that's good enough for me C is for cookie, that's good enough for me C is for cookie, that's good enough for me Oh, cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C
C is for cookie, that's good enough for me C is for cookie, that's good enough for me C is for cookie, that's good enough for me Oh, cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C
(spoken) Hey you know what? A round cookie with one bite out of it Looks like a C A round donut with one bite out of it Also looks like a C But it is not as good as a cookie Oh and the moon sometimes looks like a C But you can't eat that, so
C is for cookie, that's good enough for me, yeah! C is for cookie, that's good enough for me C is for cookie, that's good enough for me Oh, cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C, yeah! Cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C, oh boy! Cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C!
(Cookie Monster eats the cookie) Umm-umm-umm-umm-umm
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Eleven Morning
Song Lyrics (as clock chimes) One two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven Eleven o'clock, time to get up
It's a lovely eleven morning I heard eleven worms yawning (yawn) I saw eleven cows sleeping 'midst the buttercups I said, "How's your cottage cheese?" And they said, "Oh, dry up!" Oh!
Eleven little birdies in the trees Bright yellow beaks and pinky knees Eleven chicks hatching Eleven cats scratching Eleven's the number for me
Eleven ducklings quacking (quack-quack-quack) Eleven pigs, lips smacking One two three four five six Seven eight nine ten eleven Eleven's the number for me Don't you see? Eleven's the number for me!
(Then the singer shrieks as she falls into the pigsty.)
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I'm A Hard Workin' Dog
Song Lyrics I'm a dog I'm a workin' dog I'm a hard workin' dog Hard workin' dog
Now I never said I was a hog And you can see I'm not a frog I'm tryin' to tell ya, I'm a dog I'm a cow dog
I'm a dog I'm a workin' dog I'm a hard workin' dog Hard workin' dog
Now some dogs can fetch a stick Other dogs will shake your hand I even heard of a dog that can roll over All I know how to do Is take a hundred cows and teach 'em some manners
I'm a dog I'm a workin' dog I'm a hard workin' dog Hard workin' dog
Now I'm not the top dog I'm not much of a bird dog I'm not the best watch dog But I'm an awful good cow dog
I'm a dog I'm a workin' dog I'm a hard workin' dog Workin' like a dog-gone dog
It's a dog's life, and I love it!
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
If You've Lost Your L
Song Lyrics Little girl: My L is lost, my letter L is lost!
Fairy: If you've lost your L look around you'll find him, Just look patiently There's a letter L in lots of places Look around you'll see There's an L in love and out on a limb There's a letter L at sea, in a lifeboat, luckily
Little girl: My L is lost! My letter L is lost!
Fairy: Did you look on the ledge, by the lake, on the lawn, Or was he lying by the ladder Was he just lollygagging along? There's a letter L in your lettuce There's an L in the lap of luxury There's an L in your own lap...
Little girl: There's an L in my lap!!!!! My L is lost. My letter L is lost!
Fairy: If you've lost your L look around you'll find him, Just look patiently
(fades off)
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
That's About The Size
Song Lyrics Oh everything comes in its own special size I guess it can be measured by where you put your eyes It looks big when you're close And it looks smaller back a bit That's about the size of it.
Oh the big becomes the little When you see it back a bit The huge becomes the dinky Which is just the opposite Of the larger that gets smaller It never seems to fit That's about the size of it.
That's about the size It's where you put your eyes That's about the size of it.
(I *loved* this one!!)
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Take A Breath
Song Lyrics Take a breath Take a breath Smell a smell Sniff a sniff And take a breath You can move your feet to walk And you use your tongue to talk But your mouth and nose are waiting Take a breath
Take a breath Take a breath Smell a smell Sniff a sniff And take a breath You can move your teeth to chew But your face is turning blue Get some air inside of you Just take a breath
You never think of breathing Though you do it all day long You even have to breathe To sing this funny little song You've got to take a breath Before you try to blow a bubble And if you stop your breathing You've got big big trouble! So take a good deep breath (breathing sound) That's better
Take a breath Take a breath Smell a smell Sniff a sniff And take a breath There are many ways to play But you're growing every day And you need some ventilation Take a breath You've got to do your breathing Take a breath (breathing sound) Take a breath!
(Another of my all-time favorites)
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
My Martian Cutie (Number 9)
Song Lyrics She's my real martian beauty She's my number nine cutie She has nine hairs on her head 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Tied up in ribbons of red
She has nine little eyes All the same size Looking up, down, round, and straight ahead She has nine little holes in her turned up nose And she snores when she goes to bed
She has nine arms that's one of her charms, Each just like the other; Some people say she looks like her dad; Some say she looks like her mother.
She has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 little toes on her foot. She doesn't go shoppin' 'Cause she doesn't like hoppin', So usually she just stays put.
... 9
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Perfectly Pearl White Teeth
Song Lyrics Gotta brush my pearly whites So they don't lose their bite And when I swim downstream I make those other fishes scream They'll jump with delight With delight! At the sight of my white, bright Cleaner than clean, I mean Perfectly pearl white teeth!
They're the key to my success I'm the King of Toothsomeness All the little fish beside me Tried to hide, but when they spied me They were stunned! Oh, happiness! They were stunned! By the sight of my white, bright Longer than long, strong! Perfectly pearl white teeth! By the sight of my white, bright Longer than long, strong Perfectly pearl white teeth!
[Couldn't you just eat me up?]
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Ah, the fond memories! These are all great songs. I'll have to add to these:
George Washington Briiiiiidge. George Washington Washington Briiiiidge. . . .
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
The National Association Of 'W' Lovers
Song Lyrics (Ernie, a boy, and five other men talk to one another.)
Bert: All right, all right, all right, everybody. Settle down. Come on now. (clears his throat) Welcome to the weekly meeting of the National Association of "W" Lovers. We are gathered here today to pay tribute to that great letter "W" and the wondrous sound it makes...."Wuh!" Isn't that lovely? "Wuh!" Yeah, it makes the heart pound faster. All right. Now if you all turn to page four in the manual, we will sing the club's song. All right, everybody, turn to page four. That's it. All right. Now is everybody ready? Here we go. (Music starts) I'll begin. You can join in later. Here we go.
(sung) Oh, what is the letter we love? What sound are we extra fond of? It's not any trouble You know it's a "W" When you hear "Wuh-wuh-wuh-wuh!"
Without this fine letter You couldn't say "wash" Or "witch," "wax," or "wiggle" My gosh! Huh! There wouldn't be "wet," "warm," or "walrus" Oh wow! There wouldn't be "wood" Would there now? Uh-uh! Without this great "Wuh" sound Well, "wink" would be "ink" And "week" would be "eek" Don't you see? Of course. A fine word like "waffle" Would turn out just "awful" Oh, "W's" grand as can be (All right, everybody!)
(Ernie, the boy, and the five other men sing along with Bert.)
All: So what is the letter we love? The sound that we're extra fond of? It's not any trouble You know it's a "W" When you hear "Wuh-wuh-wuh-wuh!"
Bert: (One more time!)
All: When you hear "Wuh-wuh-wuh-wuh!"
(Music ends)
Bert: Oh wow! That was wonderful!
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
(Edit: Oops, didn't see this song had already been posted!)
Ten Tiny Turtles On The Telephone
Song Lyrics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Ten tiny turtles on the telephone Talking to the grocery man
"We would like some lettuce, Please send us ten heads please, And ten sweet potatoes And ten rutabagas with the dimples on their knees.
And send us 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Artichokes Ten eggplants over easy That's one of our little jokes ( ha ha ha ) Ten leafy, leafy collard greens And please make sure they're washed! Light up our eyes Brighten our lives With ten banana squash.
We'll need ten cans of black-eyed peas They give you good strong muscles Ten of those tasty sprouts The ones that they call brussels We'd also like ten mangos They're the favorite of our sister Gert And one last thing Please do include ten apples for dessert!
10! "
[ August 13, 2004, 08:05 PM: Message edited by: beverly ]
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Wow! I think I will stop there. (To the relief of all of you.)
Thanks for asking the question, Stormy! I have tried to sing some of these to myself many times and never knew the words. But since you asked, I found a site that seems to have them all. Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
boo. I was gonna post C is for Cookie but someone beat me too it. =P
[ August 13, 2004, 07:11 PM: Message edited by: The Pixiest ]
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Beverly, I love all those songs.
I swear, Sesame Street had to have had the best songwriters in the whole world.
[ August 13, 2004, 07:30 PM: Message edited by: Storm Saxon ]
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
Mah nah mah nop!
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
That's funny. I always felt sorry for Bert because Ernie was so exasperating. I think I was probably a "jerk" at that age myself though. (Can the word "jerk" apply to a female?)
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Of course. I meant the exact opposite. *shakes head*
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
No parking No biking No swimming No hiking No driving too fast or slow
And the word is no (no, no, no, no, no, no, no) And the word is no (no, no, no, no, no, no, no) And the word is....
No camping No cooking No laughing No looking No stopping No place to go
And the word is no (no, no, no, no, no, no, no) And the word is no (no, no, no, no, no, no, no) No!
How can just one word, just two letters Keep so much from getting done? We'd be worse off without it No doubt about it Stand up and shout it "No" 's no fun!
No talking No teasing No rhyming No reason No hiding from "n" and "o"
And the word is no (no, no, no, no, no, no, no) And the word is no (no, no, no, no, no, no, no) And the word is no (no, no, no, no, no, no, no) And the word is no (no, no, no, no, no, no, no) And the word is no (no, no, no, no, no, no, no)
I like this one too.
Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
CHORUS: Oh I love trash Anything dirty or dingy or dusty Anything ragged or rotten or rusty Yes I love trash
I have here a sneaker that's tattered and worn It's all full of holes and the laces are torn A gift from my mother the day I was born I love it because it's trash
(CHORUS)
I have here some newspaper thirteen months old I wrapped fish inside and it's smelly and old But I wouldn't trade it for a big pot of gold I love it because it's trash
(CHORUS)
I've a clock that won't work and an old telephone A broken umbrella, a rusty trombone And I am DELIGHTED to call them my own I love them because they're trash
------------------------- I, too, can't believe I typed this from memory. I had a Sesame Street LP, and I haven't heard this song since about 1981.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Daddy Dear was one that I just found mesmerizing as a kid:
D, D, D, D Daddy dear, oh daddy dear Do dogs have dreams, do ducks have ears? Do dragons dance, why do gophers dig holes? Do gophers dress up in their dirty clothes?
D, D, D, D Dogs dream of meat and their dreams are delicious Ducks do have ears but they don't do the dishes Gophers dig holes to hide their candy bars Dragons don't dance and they don't smoke cigars
D, D, D, D Daddy dear, oh daddy sweet Do dandylions roar, do daisies have feet? May I have a drink of water and a dish of tadpoles? Daddy how deep is a doughnut hole?
D, D, D, D If dandylions roar then your daddy is deaf The daisies drank the water so the tadpoles left Your eyes are droopy darling daughter and you're dizzy in the head The toads are eating dinner so it's time to go to bed
Little dolly go to bed
You know, it's funny--growing up, my brother was very much Bert, and I was very much Ernie. We kind of drove each other nuts. Looking back on it it was cute though--he seriously emulated Bert--he started a bottle cap collection, and insisted on drinking plane soda water and pretending that he liked it, even though he obviously hated it.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
La, la, la, la...lemon. La, la, la, la...lumps in my oatmeal.
I love the trash one. Posted by Sharpie (Member # 482) on :
The best part about the la la la la lemon lyrics, though, was la la la la lin-o-le-um!
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Hi Sharpie!
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
Growing up and watching Sesame Street in the 70s, I can swear that I remember seeing a giant snake puppet dance around in a psychedelic way to Blood Sweat & Tears' "Spinning Wheel"... anyone remember this??
A few years ago I saw REM doing "Shiny Happy Monsters" on Sesame Street, that was fun ("Shiny happy monsters holding hands...")
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Soooo many things about Sesame Street back then were psycedelic. Trippin'!
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
It really wasn't a children's show at all, was it . . .
Posted by Sharpie (Member # 482) on :
It was one of the few shows I liked as a kid and still managed to enjoy when my kids were little. All these songs are making me nostalgic for both times of my life!
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The graphics for that were, like, some of the most tripped out stuff ever made for children.
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