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!"

Picture	Appearance	Song	Artists
	Episode 0139	"The ET Family"	Elderly Anything Muppets
	Episode 0141	"The IG Family"	Elderly Anything Muppets
	Episode 0145	"The IG Family"	Bob and Oscar
	Episode 0146	"The OP Family"	Anything Muppets
	Episode 0155	"The UN Family"	Hillbilly Anything Muppets
	Episode 0170	"The IG Family"	Susan, Bob, and Gordon
	Episode 0181	"The AN Family"	Betty Lou and Charlie
	Episode 0198	"The OP Family"	Bob
	Episode 0203	"The UN Family"	Susan, Pete Seeger, Oscar, and the Kids
	Episode 0207	"The AN Family"	Susan, Mr. Hooper, Little Bird, Bob, and Gordon
	Episode 0212	"The ET Family"	Bob
	Episode 0264	"The IG Family"	Bob
	Episode 0268	"The OP Family"	Susan and David
	Episode 0329	"The AT Family"	Susan, Luis, Tom, and Gordon
	Episode 0456	"The AT Family"	Bob, Susan, and the Kids
	Episode 0583	"The AN Family"	David, Maria, Bob, and Luis
	Episode 3394	"The AT Family"	Rosita
	Somebody Come and Play	"The AN Family"	Joe and Dan

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)
• Giving Thanks Collection (2012)

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)