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| Music by | Richard Rodgers |
| Lyrics by | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| Date | 1943 |
| Source | Oklahoma! (musical) |
| Publisher | Williamson Music Co. |
| First | Episode 1077 |
"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" is the opening number from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!
Ray Charles performed the song on Sesame Street in 1977. The recording was later released on the album The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street, and the segment featured in The Greatest TV Moments: Sesame Street Music A-Z.
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- Oscar the Grouch sings a verse of the song in episodes 0063 and 1322 of Sesame Street. Edith Prickley (Andrea Martin) also briefly sings the tune during the first scene of Episode 2259.
- The Grouchytowners sing a homesick song in Episode 2538 of Sesame Street. Worby's verse ends with a brief musical reference to the song, noting how the "trash is as high as a screech monkey's eye."
- In Elmo's World: Farms, Dorothy imagines a cornfield, which Elmo notes is "as high as an elephant's eye," referencing a lyric from the song.
- The song was parodied in Episode 4033 with Cookie Monster singing "A Yummyful Day."