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 OP Family Anything Muppets (First: Episode 0146) Bob (episode 0198) Susan and David (episode 0268)
	The AT Family Gordon, Susan, Luis and Tom (episode 0329) Rosita (episode 3394)
	The AN Family Betty Lou and Charlie (First: Episode 0181) 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)
	The IG Family Two monsters and the cast (First: Episode 0141)

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)