THE HA-HA-HA SONG
presented by the letter "H" 
sung by Harvey Kneeslapper, Herry Monster, and Big Bird 
written by Jerry Juhl and Joe Raposo 
  


Big Bird: Is everybody ready? 
All of the other Muppets: Yeah! 
Big Bird: What's the next letter of the alphabet? 
All of the other Muppets: "H"! 
Big Bird: O.K. Let's everyone sing this one. Here we go. (Music starts) The letter "H" 
song with all those funny words that start up with a "huh" sound. Harvey Kneeslapper, you 
go first. 
Harvey: O.K. Here it goes. (laughs) Great. 
A hamster ate a handkerchief, a hammer and a hoe 
He ate a hundred herring and a hawk who said "Hello" 
This hamster ate a pickle jar, a house and then a log 
And then he got the hiccups and he turned into a hog! 
(Harvey laughs) 
Harvey, Herry, Big Bird: Ha ha ha ha ho ho hee 
That's about as funny as it can be 
Hee hee hee hee ha ha ho 
"H" is the letter that we love so! 
Harvey: O.K., Herry. It's your turn. 
Herry: Got it now. Here we go. 
A horse named Harvey Highersoup was hiking up the hill 
And then he met a halibut who went to Honkerville 
He had to play harmonica, and honked another horn 
So they hooted and they honked until the night became the morn 
(laughs) I like that! 
Harvey, Herry, Big Bird: Ha ha ha ha ho ho hee 
That's about as funny as it can be 
Hee hee hee hee ha ha ho  
"H" is the letter that we love so! 
Herry: O.K., Big Bird. Go! 
Big Bird: O.K. Listen to this. (giggles) 
Oh, Henry Hippopotamus went hopping in the air 
Until he hit a table and got honey on his hair 
This handsome hippopotamus, I strongly must confess, 
Was not a hippopotamus, but a "hippo-pot-a-mess"! 
(Big Bird laughs) 
Harvey, Herry: Awwwww! 
 
Harvey, Herry, Big Bird: Ha ha ha ha ho ho hee 
That's about as funny as it can be 
Hee hee hee hee ha ha ho 
"H" is the letter that we love so! 
 
(All of the Muppets cheer) 



"I" SONG



(Car horn) Beep beep! Beep beep! 
 
Some of the words that begin with I they get to be quite tricky 
There’s intersection and illegal, irritate and icky 
 
Beep-beep! Beep-beep! 
Many words that begin with I are longer than itchy and into 
There's impossible and incredible and important too. 
 
The letter I is quite a pip, 
I think I’ll take him on my trip 
We’ll have some fun, and do a flip, 
Into my car, away we'll zip 
I'm glad to be with the letter I 
Cause he’s so irresiiiiiiiiiis- tible! 
Beep beep! Beep beep 
(Not Complete)



CAPITAL "I"

We all live in a capital I 
in the middle of the desert 
in the center of the sky. 
 
All day long we polish up the I 
to make it clean and shiny 
so it brightens up the sky. 
Rubbing it here 
and scrubbing it there. 
Polishing the I 
so high in the air. 
 
And as we work we sing a lively tune  
"It is great to be so happy on a busy afternoon." 
And when we're through with the day's only chore, 
we go into the I 
and we close the door. 
 
Capital I, capital I, capital I, capital I.


"K"


 
K! 
You're OK with me, oh K K K 
Kindergarten kids in the nursery school  
Kissin' and huggin' with K 
K! 
You're a kissable letter, oh K K K 
Kangaroos and kittens, Kathy and Kate, K K K 
K! 
I'd like to keep you awhile 
I'm keen on you 
Even when you're silent, you knock me out 
You know a thing or two about the alphabet 
Now don't you? Whoo! 
K! 
You're OK with me oh K K K 
Keavis and Kennels and Kevin and Kim, K K K 
K K K K K!!!!! 



HERB'S SILLY POEM
presented by the letter "K" 
as recited by Herbert Birdsfoot 
written by Jerry Juhl 


Prairie Dawn: Since K is the next letter, Herbert Birdsfoot will now recite his K poem. So 
listen to the words that start with K-uh. 
 
Herb: I don't wanna 
 
Oscar: Why not Herb? 
 
Herb: Well, because everyone says it's silly 
 
Grover: Oh, Herb, that's not true 
 
Herb: Well, you'll say it's silly 
 
Grover: Herbie, we will not now 
 
Herb: You won't say it's silly? 
 
All: No! 
 
Herb: Oh, OK 
 
There once was a king from Kalamazoo 
Who had a kicky kangaroo 
Now the kindly kangaroo named Kay 
Played a keen kazoo both night and day 
'Twas the kind of kazoo that went koo-koo 
Koo-Koo Koo-Koo went Kay's kazoo 
And when the kindly king of Kalamazoo saw Kay the kangaroo's kazoo 
He said right here in Kalamazoo, we'll build a zoo for a kangaroo 
And so when you are passing through 
Stop by and you can listen to 
The Kalamazoo zoo's kangaroo play koo-koo-koo on her kazoo 
 
Big Bird: I hate to say this Herb, but you know what? 
 
Herb: What? 
 
All: That's silly! 



IF YOU'VE LOST YOUR "L"
 

 
Little girl: My L is lost, my letter L is lost! 
 
Fairy: If you've lost your L look around you'll find him, 
Just look patiently 
There's a letter L in lots of places 
Look around you'll see 
There's an L in love and out on a limb 
There's a letter L at sea, in a lifeboat, luckily 
 
Little girl: My L is lost! My letter L is lost! 
 
Fairy: Did you look on the ledge, by the lake, on the lawn, 
Or was he lying by the ladder 
Was he just lollygagging along? 
There's a letter L in your lettuce 
There's an L in the lap of luxury 
There's an L in your own lap... 
 
Little girl: There's an L in my lap!!!!! 
My L is lost. My letter L is lost! 
 
Fairy: If you've lost your L look around you'll find him, 
Just look patiently 
 
(fades off) 



TOREADOR "L" SONG
sung by Sam Raimi to the tune of Bizet's Toreador song from Carmen  


There are people who sing high  
But I like singing low 
It's a thing that I do well 
And "low" begins with "L" 
"L" is the letter that I love the most 
"L" helps me go low, low, low, low 
"L" can also help me la, la la 
"L", I think you are swell! 
Oh, say, can you tell 
I'm in a spell 
Under the letter "L" 
(repeat, with full chorus of singers) 
"L" starts some of my favourite words 
Like love, life, and laughter 
So to you, dear letter "L", I hereby vow 
To sing forever after! 
(repeat chorus, all singers)



THE LETTER "N"
as performed by Nick Normal and the Nickmatics  


(Scene opens in a studio, gold records on the wall and a big screen with the logo NTV 
(replace the M in MTV with an N, same one). Next to the screen stands a small female 
muppet, sunglasses on, two different earrings in her ears.) 
 
Spoken: 
Hey, and how ya doing? I'm Nora Nicks, your host on NTV, the first channel that is all letter 
N, all the time, N. Our next video is truly on the cutting edge of what's happening in the 
world of letter N. This group, whose name of course starts with the letter N, is called 
Nickmatics, with lead singer, Nick Normal. What do I think of it? (laughs) I think it's nice. 
But see for yourself, have a look at Nick Normal and the Nickmatics doing their latest hit 
called, "The Letter N". 
 
(Camera closes in on the NTV screen, changes to a video) 
 
Sung: 
It was Friday afternoon 
I was talking to my friend 
I said "What's up for tonight, my man? 
What'll be happenin'? 
What's the plan?" 
He said, "Nothing I know of 
Nothing I guess 
Sorry, just nothing 
No more or no less." 
 
Nnnnnnothing! 
That starts with an N 
Nnnnnnothing 
There it is again 
Nnnnnnothing 
Again and again 
The letter N 
 
Then I boogied down to Nino's 
For my favorite pizza pie 
But when I got there 
It was not the same 
Everything was different 
Even the name 
I said "Where's the pizza? 
Where's the root beer?" 
They said "We never, never, never 
Make a pizza pie here!" 
 
Nnnnnnever! 
That starts with an N 
Nnnnnnever 
There it is again 
Nnnnnnever 
Again and again 
The letter N 
 
Well I made it back home 
And my father was there 
I said "Dad, I know how kind you are 
So tell me, tonight can I use the car?" 
He said "It's only twelve years that you've been alive! 
No, kid, no, you're not old enough to drive!" 
 
Nnnnnno! 
That starts with an N 
Nnnnnno 
There it is again 
Nnnnnno 
Again and again 
The letter... 
Nothing! 
Never! 
No! 
N!



THE "O" SONG
 

              
O-O-O-O-O-O-O-Oooo.. 
Grow and go 
Roll over the road 
Where the goat explodes all the Os 
And the crow flies low 
Past the croaking toad 
And the boat floats over the ocean 
But the wind did blow 
And it started to snow 
So the toad went home 
To the telephone 
He spoke to the goat 
Who was eating a bowl of bones, potatoes and soap (o-o-o-o-o-o) 
A rope did float 
And hook the goat 
And a boy climbed the stone made of Os 
The Os turned to smoke 
And started to float 
Closer to the bulldozer 
Who closed up the hole 
So the cold wind could not blow 
And the sun did show 
So the roses could grow 
And the whole world would know 
That the boat, bulldozer, toad, and the crow 
And the boy and the rope, riding the goat 
Were all OK (o-o-o-o) 
OK? 
(o.....)



WOULD YOU LIKE TO BUY AN "O"
 
 
 
(Ernie and a salesman)  
 
     SM: Psssst!!!  Hey buddy! 
     E:  Who me? 
     SM: Riiiight! 
 
     SM: Would you like to buy an "O", 
             Round and neat, 
             a nearly perfect circle, 
             Tidy and complete? 
             You can sing a pretty song with it, like so... 
             oh-oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh-oh 
             Isn't that catchy? 
 
     SM: Would you like to buy an "O" 
             Circular and sweet? 
             "O" looks just like a donut-- 
             Really good enough to eat. 
             It'll cost you just a nickel 
             A nickel!!! Shh... a nickel? Riiiight... 
             So buy the "O" and take it home tonight. 
 
     (Discussion about the sounds 'o' can make. 
 
     SM: So, would you like to but an "O"? 
             I'm opening the door. 
             It's not often that I offer. 
             Well, could you ask for more. 
             It'll cost you just a nickel 
             A nickel!!! Shh... a nickel? Riiiight... 
             So buy the "O" and take it home tonight. 
 
     SM: Don't ask any questions.. 
             Just but the "O" and take it home tonight. 
             You'll really love it. 
             So buy the "O" and take it home tonight.



"S" YOU'RE THE BEST
 

 
Ya got a lotta curves 
Ya got a lotta style 
I especially like your S-profile 
S, S, S, you're the best 
 
You start words like "sail" 
You start words like "sun" 
You start words like "stop" when I'm on the run 
S, S, S, you're the best 
 
You've got no sharp points 
You've got no straight lines 
But when it comes to making words 
You do just fine 
S, S, S, you're the best 
S, S, S, you're the best 
 


SAMMY THE SNAKE
presented by the letter "S" 
sung by Sammy the Snake 
written by Jeffrey Moss



(spoken) 
Sssss! Say hey! I'm Sammy the snake, and I'm here to tell you people something about the 
letter "S". 
 
(sung) 
Oh, I'm Sammy the snake 
And I look like the letter "S"ssss. 
Oh, yes. 
 
I'm all wiggly and curvy, 
And I look like the letter "S"ssss. 
I confess. 
 
But do you know the sound 
Of Sammy the snake? 
Well, the sound of the letter "S" 
Is the sound I make. 
 
(spoken) 
I say "Sssssss!" 
Let me tell you about it. Out of sight. 
 
(sung) 
I say "Sssss!" in the morning, 
"Sssss!" in the afternoon. 
 
(spoken) 
Yes, I do to all my snake friends. 
 
(sung) 
I say "See you later, Slinky." 
She's my sister. 
I say "See you soon." 
 
(spoken) 
Yeah, she's super slick.  
 
(sung) 
Yeah, I'm Sammy the snake, 
And I have to confess 
That I look and I sound just like the letter "S". 
 
(spoken) 
Now come on, all you children, and make that "S" sound with me. Here we go. 
Ssssssssssss! Yeah, that's fine. 
That's the sound you hear in the beginning of a word like "sing" or "storytime." 
Let's do it again. Ssssssssssss! 
Yeah, you hear that sound in the beginning of a word like "seesaw," "silly," "super," "star," 
or "seven." 
 
(sung) 
Yeah, I'm Sammy the snake, 
And I have to confess 
That I look and I sound just like the letter "S". 
 
(spoken) 
Ssssssssssss! So long. 



WHEN I'M CALLING "U"
sung by muppets Nelson and Jeanette to the tune of 
"When I'm Calling You"

 
 
N: Jeanette! 
J: It's U! 
N: Yes U! 
Words that start with U-oooo,oooo 
J: Under and untrue- oooo, ooooo 
J & N: There is ukulele 
J: And there's until 
N: Upright, unpopular 
J: And uphill 
J & N: Have u and always will 
J: Words that start with with u- ooo, oooo 
Uncle and unglue- ooo, ooo 
N: Union, uptown, undress and upside-down 
J & N: I'm in love with u- ooo, oooo 
J: Ugly starts with u- oooo, ooooo 
Uniforms do too- ooo, ooo 
N: Some will have the u sound as in unite.  
Some have the uh sound as in uptight. 
J & N: Don't worry, it's alright. 
 
J: Useful starts with u- ooo, ooo 
 
N: Underwater too, ooooo 
 
J & N: Up, underwear, umbrella, unfair  
I'm in love with u, ooooooo, ooooo ( high pitched) 
 
The letter U standing on hillside turns around and says: Unbelievable! 



VERY, VERY SPECIAL LETTER
presented by the letter "V" 
sung by Big Bird 
written by Jeffrey Moss


 
Spoken: 
Hi there! I, Big Bird, am going to sing you a song about the letter "V". The letter "V" is the 
first sound you hear in the word "very," but there aren't too many other words that begin 
with the letter "V". So I'm just going to have to sing the word "very" an awful lot like this... 
 
Sung: 
I'm very very very very very very very very very very very very glad to see you 
I'm here to sing about a very very very very very very very special letter called the letter V 
But it's very very very very very very very very very very hard to think of V words 
Because there really aren't very very very very very very very many words that start with V! 
 
(spoken) 
Now let me think. Hmmmm. A-ha! I thought of some. 
 
(sung) 
There's "vegetables." That's a "V" word. 
There's "voice," "vacation," and "valentine." 
There's "vanilla" and "vanish" and "vine." 
 
(spoken) 
Gee! That's about all I can think of, so I guess my song sounds 
 
(sung) 
Very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, 
Very, very, very, very, very silly. 
Still I'm very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, 
Very, very glad you're here with me 
To hear me sing about a very, very, very, very, very, very, 
very, very, very, very special letter. 
A very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, 
Very special letter called the letter "V". 



THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF "W" LOVERS
sung by Bert from the podium 
Music by Joe Raposo Lyrics by Jerry Juhl 
Copyright 1973 by Instructional Children's Music, Inc. 

 
 
Oh, what is the letter we love? 
What sound are we extra fond of? 
It's not any trouble 
You know it's a W 
When you hear W-W-W-W! 
 
Without this fine letter, you couldn't say "wash" 
Or "which," "wax," or "wiggle" - my gosh! 
There wouldn't be "wet," "warm," or "walrus" - oh wow! 
There wouldn't be "wood" would there now? - uh uh.  
Without this great W sound, well "wink" would be "ink" 
And "week" would be "eek" don't you see? - of course. 
A fine word like "waffle" would turn out just awful 
Oh W's grand as can be  
 
Oh, what is the letter we love? 
What sound are we extra fond of? 
It's not any trouble  
You know it's a W 
When you hear W-W-W-W 
When you hear W-W-W-W 
When you hear W-W-W-W !!!!!! 



HOW I MISS MY "X"
sung by Patti Labelle in a small nightclub  
as a blues number to her straying X . 


 
When the springtime blooms  
with it's flowery perfumes  
oh, how I miss my x  
 
When the moon shines high  
and the purple clouds roll by  
oh, how I miss my x  
When my memories stray  
to the dreams of yesterday  
not one of my friends suspects  
that beneath my smile  
I am begging all the while  
oh, how I miss my x  
 
this evening  
how I miss my x  
I miss the laughs we had many  
no hurts we hadn't any  
all good times, no great times  
just a laugh come what may times  
the world was aflame with love's glow  
I didn't know  
how could you go?  
Yes the days go by  
but those memories never die  
oh, how I miss my x  
It was gone too fast  
all those golden moments passed  
oh, how I miss my x  
I mean it  
oh, how I miss my......  
( the letter x now appears from audience)  
X ! My darling x there you are  
Where were you?  
I've been going crazy looking for you  
You left me  
why'd you leave me?  
Don't you like me anymore?  
You do?!  
Well don't ever stray  
Please stay  
I love your little green nose  
I love your little eyes  
And I love the way you criss cross  
I just love ya, I just love ya x  
Don't ever leave me sugar  
Honey give me a kiss  
*SMACK* ( use your imagination here )  



"X" MARKS THE SPOT
sung by Sherlock Hemlock 
Words and Music by Joe Raposo 
(c)1971 by Joinco Music, Inc (BMI)


 
Egad! Sherlock Hemlock here, the worlds greatest detective. 
And I believe the letter following "W" is... 
 
"X" marks the spot. 
"X" marks the crossroads. 
Two straight lines crossing 
Over in the middle. 
That's the letter you must see to 
Find the treasure or the clue, 
Or the X-ray machine that's 
Looking right inside of you. 
"X" is the letter without which 
One could not do. 
 
"X" marks the spot. 
"X" stands for danger. 
Two straight lines crossing 
Over in the middle, 
Saying here's the Railroad crossing, 
And sometimes it means there's Pirates, 
Or at worst, it means there's poison, 
And in case these thoughts of 
"X" are vexing you, 
"X" stands for xylophone, too. 



THE ZIZZY ZOOMERS PRESENT THE LETTER "Z"
(sung by the Zizzy Zoomers 
written by Jeffrey Moss

 
 
(ZZZZZZZZZZZZ!) 
 
Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom! Zoom! 
 
Zizzy Zoomer #2: Zigzag! 
 
Zizzy Zoomer #3: Zap! 
 
(ZZZZZZZZZZZZ!) 
 
Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom! Zoom! 
 
Zizzy Zoomer #2: Zigzag! 
 
Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom! Zoom! 
 
Zizzy Zoomer #3: Zap! 
 
All: Zippy! Zippy! Zing! Zing! 
Zebra, zoo 
But what else can a dizzy kind of 
"Zigzag" letter do? 
 
(ZZZZZZZZZZZZ!) 
 
Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom! Zoom! 
 
Zizzy Zoomer #2: Zigzag! 
 
Zizzy Zoomer #3: Zap! Zap! 
 
Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom! 
 
Zizzy Zoomer #2: Zang! 
 
All: ZONK! 
 
 
 


"ZZ BLUES"
performed by the Muppet band Over The Top 
(three long-bearded male Muppets looking very much like the rock-and-roll band ZZ Top) 
written by Christopher Cerf

 
  
Well I've seen a lot of letters and it seems to me 
There's something real special 'bout the letter "Z" 
But boy we're sick of singing 'bout zippers and zoos 
There ain't enough "Z" words  
Got the ZZ Blues 
 
You can stick with "zebra" 'cause it's tried and true 
Maybe mention "zither" just for something new 
But once you've shown them "zebra", "zither", "zippers" and "zoos" 
You're almost out of "Z" words 
Got the ZZ Blues 
 
Time to write a song about Zanzibar 
C'mon and sing along about Zanibar 
Guess I could be wrong about Zanzibar 
Going zingy with the ZZ Blues 
 
We're zooming back to zipper 'cause it's still the best 
Zipping back to zebra and we need a rest 
Gettin' tired of thinking 
Yeah we've paid our dues 
There ain't enough Z words 
Got the ZZ Blues 
 
(band starts falling asleep while still rocking!) 
 
Only band I ever worked with to fall asleep and keep playing the blues! 
Guess I might as well join 'em 
and cop some Zs myself! 
 
(ends with band asleep but the music still going!)


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