KERMIT: Hi, ho, Kermit the Frog here with the cultural
part of the Sesame Street News.
Because today we're speaking to you from the home of that
very famous songwriter, Mr. Don Music, who's writing a
brand new hit song right now.
Let's see how he's doing, shall we?
Why not?
DON MUSIC: [SINGING]
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb.
Mary had a little lamb, it's fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went, and
everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to--
uh--
to--
uh, uh--
to--
oh, I'll never get it.
Oh, I'm sorry, Lulu Hick.
Oh.
[PRESSING ON ALL OF THE PIANO KEYS AT ONCE WITH HEAD]
KERMIT: Excuse me.
Pardon me.
Don, Mr. Music, excuse me, Don?
ten I'm Kermit the Frog of Sesame Street News.
DON MUSIC: Oh.
KERMIT: What seems to be the trouble?
DON MUSIC: Well, it's my new song.
I can't find a word to rhyme with snow.
Why, I must have a lyric that sounds like snow, something
that lambs do that sounds like snow.
KERMIT: A rhyme for snow.
Well, listen.
I'm good at rhymes.
I do a rhyme all the time.
You hear that?
I did a rhyme just then.
DON MUSIC: That's very nice.
But it won't help me.
KERMIT: So you want the one that lambs do.
DON MUSIC: Right.
I'll never get it, never!
Oh!
[PRESSING ON ALL OF THE PIANO KEYS AT ONCE WITH HEAD]
KERMIT: Well, you'll hurt yourself in
the head there, Don.
Tell me--
Don-- you OK?
DON MUSIC: Yes.
KERMIT: What do little lambs do, anyhow?
DON MUSIC: Well, well, they go, baa.
And, well, they run around a lot.
That's it.
They run.
All the time, they run, run, run, run.
KERMIT: Run, run.
That's it.
DON MUSIC: That's it?
KERMIT: Run.
Yes, that's a good one.
DON MUSIC: Oh.
KERMIT: All right, get this.
Mary had a little lamb.
It's fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to run.
DON MUSIC: Oh, but that doesn't rhyme with snow.
It must sound like snow.
KERMIT: Well, it doesn't have to sound like snow.
DON MUSIC: Of course it does.
KERMIT: No, it doesn't.
DON MUSIC: Oh.
KERMIT: Oh, listen.
We can change that part.
DON MUSIC: We can?
KERMIT: Sure.
Sure, change it around.
Get this.
Mary had a little lamb.
It's fleece was yellow as the sun.
And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to run.
DON MUSIC: No, I don't think that'll work.
Lambs aren't yellow.
I mean, who ever heard of a yellow lamb?
KERMIT: Well, I've heard of a yellow lamb.
DON MUSIC: You have?
KERMIT: Well, not many.
But, well, we can-- what else is yellow?
Something else is yellow.
DON MUSIC: I don't know.
Canaries are yellow.
KERMIT: Canaries.
You got it.
DON MUSIC: That's it?
KERMIT: Sure.
DON MUSIC: Oh.
KERMIT: Ready?
Mary had a little canary.
It was yellow as the sun.
And everywhere that Mary went, the canary was sure to run.
DON MUSIC: No, that won't work.
Canaries don't run.
They fly mostly, I think.
KERMIT: True, true, true.
You got a point.
We can correct that.
You ready?
DON MUSIC: How?
How are we going to correct that?
KERMIT: Get ready.
Here it comes.
Mary had a little canary.
It was bluer than the sky.
And everywhere that Mary went, the canary was sure to fly.
DON MUSIC: But canaries aren't blue!
KERMIT: [MUMBLE].
Um.
DON MUSIC: I'll never get it, never.
You won't help.
Oh!
[PRESSING ON ALL OF THE PIANO KEYS AT ONCE WITH HEAD]
KERMIT: Good heavens.
Don, are you OK?
DON MUSIC: Oh, ah, oh.
KERMIT: Wait a minute.
I got the answer.
Hey, Don?
DON MUSIC: Yes.
KERMIT: Give Mary a bicycle.
All you have to do is give Mary a bicycle.
DON MUSIC: A bicycle.
KERMIT: Sure, a bicycle can be any color you want it to be.
DON MUSIC: Say, I like that.
Yeah, I like that.
Let me write that down.
KERMIT: Sure.
Now, what color?
What color would you like the bicycle to be there, Don?
DON MUSIC: Color?
Red.
Yes, that's it.
Red.
I like Red for bicycles.
KERMIT: OK, OK, OK.
Get this.
You ready?
DON MUSIC: Hold on.
KERMIT: Here we go.
Marry had a little bicycle.
It was painted red as fire.
And whenever Mary wanted to take a ride, the
bicycle had a flat tire.
DON MUSIC: I like it.
I like it.
KERMIT: You do?
DON MUSIC: Oh, that's great.
KERMIT: It is?
DON MUSIC: You got a great talent for writing songs.
KERMIT: I do?
Yes?
DON MUSIC: You can be my biggest hit.
KERMIT: Wonderful.
DON MUSIC: Would you like to hear it?
KERMIT: Certainly, it would be an honor.
DON MUSIC: Fine.
KERMIT: Ladies and gentleman, live and in person, here is
Don Music, doing his new hit song.
DON MUSIC: [SINGING]
Mary had a bicycle, bicycle, bicycle.
Mary had a bicycle.
It was pink and red as fire.
BACKUP SINGERS: [SINGING]
Mary, Mary.
DON MUSIC: And whenever Mary wanted a ride?
BACKUP SINGERS: [SINGING]
What?
DON MUSIC: [SINGING]
That's right, wanted a ride.
BACKUP SINGERS: [SINGING]
Oh!
DON MUSIC: [SINGING]
She wanted a ride.
DON MUSIC AND BACKUP SINGERS: [SINGING]
And whenever Mary wanted a ride--
DON MUSIC: [SINGING]
The bicycle had a flat tire.
BACKUP SINGERS: [SINGING]
Mary, Mary.
DON MUSIC: [SINGING]
Red, red, red, red as fire.
DON MUSIC AND BACKUP SINGERS: [SINGING]
Flat, flat, flat, flat, flat, tire.
Mary had a bicycle.
DON MUSIC: [SINGING]
But it always had a flat tire.
DON MUSIC AND BACKUP SINGERS: [SINGING]
Mary, Mary, flat tire.