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{{song|image=3977e.jpg|writer=[[Tony Geiss]]|composer=|lyricist=|date=[[1992]]|source=|publisher=The Ephemeral Music Co<br>Sesame Street Inc.|first=[[Episode 3154]]}}
'''"It's All Right to Cry"''' is a children's song that was originally part of the 1972 album, ''[[Free to Be ... You and Me]]'', and included in the Emmy Award-winning 1974 television special of the same name. The song was written by Carol Hall and performed by former Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman [[Rosey Grier]].
 
   
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"'''It's All Right to Cry'''", sometimes just called "All Right to Cry", is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song about the many reasons why people of all ages cry. Examples given include hurting oneself, being scared, and being tired. It was played over a live-action film showing many different kinds of people crying. The style of the song is a classic 1950s ballad.
The song is about how crying is an approrpiate emotional response whenever someone is feeling sad, and can help that person deal with such emotions as disappointment and grief.
 
   
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This song was different from a song of the same title that was performed by former Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman [[Rosey Grier]] and featured on the 1972 album and 1974 special ''Free to Be... You and Me''.
A video of "It's All Right to Cry," compiling live action and still shots of people crying, has been played on ''[[Sesame Street]]''.
 
   
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==Source==
 
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* ''Free to Be ... You and Me'', television special. Free to Be Foundation, Murakami-Wolf Productions; aired March 11, 1974
 
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Songs]]
 
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==External link==
 
[http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_Dancer/allright.html Lyrics]
 
 
[[Category: Sesame Street Songs]]
 

Revision as of 20:36, 22 September 2018

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Written by Tony Geiss
Date 1992
Publisher The Ephemeral Music Co
Sesame Street Inc.
First Episode 3154

"It's All Right to Cry", sometimes just called "All Right to Cry", is a Sesame Street song about the many reasons why people of all ages cry. Examples given include hurting oneself, being scared, and being tired. It was played over a live-action film showing many different kinds of people crying. The style of the song is a classic 1950s ballad.

This song was different from a song of the same title that was performed by former Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Rosey Grier and featured on the 1972 album and 1974 special Free to Be... You and Me.