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!)