The Word Family Song

Music by	Joe Raposo
Lyrics by	Jeff Moss
Date	1970
Publisher	Festival Attractions; Instructional Children's Music; Jonico Music
First	Episode 0139

"The Word Family Song" is a Sesame Street song about making simple rhyming words, that is usually sung by several people together. It has been used for a variety of ending sounds such as "op", "an", "at", and "et". A sample lyric as illustrated on this page is "You take an 'm' that's 'mmm', and an o-p op. You put them all together and that spells mop!"

Performances

Picture	Versions and Artists
	The IG Family Elderly Anything Muppets (First: Episode 0141)
	The OP Family Anything Muppets (First: Episode 0146) Bob (episode 0198) Susan and David (episode 0268)
1/3 Add photo	The AT Family Susan, Luis, Tom, and Gordon (Episode 0329) Bob, Susan, and the Kids (Episode 0456) Rosita (episode 3394)
1/2 Add photo	The AN Family Betty Lou and Charlie (First: Episode 0181) Susan, Mr. Hooper, Little Bird, Bob, and Gordon (First: Episode 0207) Joe and Dan (Somebody Come and Play)
	The ET Family Elderly Anything Muppets (First: Episode 0139)
	The UN Family Gordon and the Cast (episode 0272) Hillbilly Anything Muppets (First: Episode 0155)

Releases

Audio (Gordon, Susan, Mr. Hooper and Oscar "et" words version)

• The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album (1971)
• Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella (1974)

Audio (Dan and friend "an" words version)

• Somebody Come and Play (1974)

Video (Anything Muppets "op" words version)

• Getting Ready To Read (1986)

Publications

• Sesame Street Songbook Vol. 2
• Songs of Sesame Street (1977)