Bert: [Ernie! Ernie! I've discovered something FANTASTIC! Listen.. (CLINK).
Ernie: That's fantastic, Bert!.
Bert: Yeah, yeah! That's ME hitting this tin can with a spoon. And listen, this is. this is me hitting this pan with a spoon.. (CLANK) *pleasant sigh*.
Ernie: Well, that's very interesting, Bert..
Bert: Yeah. Now, I shake the tin can. (RATTLE). you see, it's got MARBLES inside!.
Ernie: Uh-huh, yeah, that's nice..
Bert: Yeah, yeah, and then I blow this WHISTLE! (TWEET) Oh, Ernie! It's so wild! So wonderful!.
Ernie: Gee, that doesn't seem so wonderful to me, Bert.
Bert: Well, maybe not but listen to what happens when I put them all together, Ernie..
(CLINK, CLANK, RATTLE, TWEET).
Bert: *pleasant sigh*.
Ernie: Say, that sounds pretty nice, Bert!.
Bert: NICE? Ernie, it's breathtaking! Hey -- now everyone at home, go get a can, or a pan, or a whistle, or -- or whatever you can find, and you can join in too.
Ernie: Join in? Join in on what, Bert?.
Bert: Well, you'll see Ernie, and I'll tell you what happened too. See --].
Bert: See, I was sitting around
Feeling so blue,
Trying to think what to
Think to do
Then-- (CLINK, CLANK, RATTLE, TWEET) --
I suddenly heard something new.
I was sitting around
Trying to sleep
Practicing counting by
Counting sheep
When-- (CLINK, CLANK, RATTLE, TWEET) --
I knew I had found something new.
It was just the water pipe when the faucet got turned on,
But it lightened up my life like a nightingale's sweet song!.
And now I'm happy with my can and my pan
My whistle or two
'Cause now I know
What I just gotta do;
I go (CLINK, CLANK, RATTLE, TWEET)
And the sky is all sunny and blue,
And (CLINK, CLANK, RATTLE, TWEET)
I bet it'll do it for you!.
Ernie: [Gee, that's nice, Bert! Hey--can I join in?.
Bert: Ernie, everybody can join in! Kids at home too. Ready? Here it comes..
(CLINK, CLANK, RATTLE, HONK!).
Bert: AAAAhhh! Ernie, you ruined it!.
Ernie: Well, I couldn't find a whistle, Bert!.
Bert: Well, this time you rattle and I'll tweet.
Ernie: Okay, Bert! (HONK!).
Bert: ERNIE!.
Ernie: I just had to put it down, Bert.
Bert: Well, control yourself, huh?.
Ernie: Here we go..
(CLINK, CLANK, RATTLE, TWEET).
Ernie: There, I did it!].
Bert: *pleasant sigh*.
It was just the water pipe when the faucet got turned on,
But it lightened up my life like a nightingale's sweet song.
And now I'm happy with my can and my pan
(HONK!) My whistle or two (Ernie!) (Sorry.)
Now I know what I just got to do;
I go (CLINK, CLANK, RATTLE TWEET)
And the sky is all sunny and blue,
And (CLINK, CLANK, RATTLE, TWEET)
I bet it'll do it for you!
Once more! -- (CLINK, CLANK, RATTLE, TWEET)
And again! -- (CLINK, CLANK, RATTLE, TWEET)
One last time! -- (CLINK, CLANK, RATTLE, TWEET)
I bet it'll do it for you! (TWEET!).
Bert: [It did it for me, I'll tell ya.].
Ernie: (HONK!)