The Sesame Street Songbook

1971 edition dust jacket front

Written by	Joe Raposo and Jeff Moss (words and music); Sy Oliver (arrangements)
Illustrator	Loretta Trezzo
Published	1971
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
ISBN	067121036X

1971 edition dust jacket back

The title of The Sesame Street Songbook covers several different editions of Sesame Street sheet music books of lyrics and music to Sesame Street songs, arranged for piano, voice, and guitar.

The Sesame Street Song Book (1971)

The first edition, titled The Sesame Street Song Book, contains 36 songs written by Joe Raposo and Jeff Moss. It was first published in 1971 by Simon & Schuster in hardcover, and later reissued in paperback in 1978, with a cover that matches the Bert & Ernie Sing-Alongalbum. Each song is accompanied by a simple line-drawing illustration. Although originally sold with a dust jacket, the cover-boards themselves are also illustrated.

Song listing

1. Sesame Street
2. ABC-DEF-GHI
3. Circles
4. Five People in My Family
5. J Jump
6. I've Got Two
7. Kids
8. Right in the Middle of My Face
9. Song of Five
10. Up and Down
11. What Makes Music?
12. One of These Things
13. The People in Your Neighborhood
14. Everybody Wash
15. Goin' for a Ride
16. My Name
17. Rub Your Tummy
18. What Can I Do?
19. Surprise!
20. A Face
21. High, Middle, Low
22. What Do I Do When I'm Alone?
23. Someone Nice
24. Everyone Makes Mistakes
25. Bein' Green
26. Nearly Missed
27. Picture a World
28. I Love Trash
29. Walk Down the Street
30. Rain Falls
31. Sing
32. Someday, Little Children
33. Special
34. The Garden
35. Rubber Duckie
36. Somebody Come and Play

Other covers

1971 hardcover (under dust jacket)

1978 paperback reissue
Fireside/Simon & Schuster
ISBN 0671242083

The Sesame Street Songbook (1992)

Illustrator	David Prebenna
Published	1992
Publisher	Scribner/MacMillan Collier
ISBN	0025251414 0020192010

In 1992, the book was completely revised, updated and retitled The Sesame Street Songbook. Some older songs were dropped, and newer ones were added, to become a book of 64 Sesame Street songs arranged for easy to moderate piano, voice, and guitar. The book includes a foreword by Joan Ganz Cooney and an introduction by Jeff Moss, discussing their memories of working on the show, and their thoughts on how music played a role in the educational content.

Song listing

1. Sesame Street Theme
2. Bein' Green
3. Rubber Duckie
4. C is for Cookie
5. People in Your Neighborhood
6. Sing
7. I Love Trash
8. ABC-DEF-GHI
9. I Don't Want to Live on the Moon
10. Elmo's Song
11. Octopus Blues
12. We Are All Earthlings
13. Somebody Come and Play
14. Put Down the Duckie
15. We All Sing with the Same Voice
16. One of These Things
17. Breakfast Time
18. All By Myself
19. Sing After Me
20. Dance Myself to Sleep
21. Frogs in the Glen
22. Counting is Wonderful
23. Skin
24. Fuzzy and Blue
25. Five People in My Family
26. Captain Vegetable
27. Let's Go Driving
28. The Batty Bat
29. One Fine Face
30. What's the Name of That Song?
31. The Grouch Song
32. Imagine That!
33. Opposite Song
34. La, La, La
35. New Way to Walk
36. The Word is No
37. Peanut Butter
38. Muppets Rhyme in School
39. Everyone Makes Mistakes
40. Keep the Park Clean for the Pigeons
41. I Heard My Dog Bark
42. Tall Enough
43. Reach Your Hand Up High
44. If Moon Was Cookie
45. Proud to Be a Cow
46. Ladybugs' Picnic
47. What Do I Do When I'm Alone?
48. I'm Going to Get My Hair Cut
49. Imagination Song
50. Monster in the Mirror
51. Born to Add
52. It Sure is Hot!
53. On My Pond
54. One Small Voice
55. A Little Bit
56. If I Were
57. Doin' the Pigeon
58. Pat Pat Patty Pat
59. Caribbean Amphibian
60. Honker Duckie Dinger Jamboree
61. When Bert's Not Here
62. Eight Beautiful Notes
63. Keep Christmas with You
64. True Blue Miracle

The Sesame Street Songbook (2007)

Illustrator	Tom Brannon Marybeth Nelson
Published	2007
Publisher	Hal Leonard
ISBN	1423413326 9781423413325

In 2007, a new edition of The Sesame Street Songbook was released by Hal Leonard Publishing, containing 40 songs from the 1992 edition. This edition retains the foreword by Joan Ganz Cooney and introduction by Jeff Moss, but contains new illustrations.

Song listing

1. ABC-DEF-GHI
2. All By Myself
3. Bein' Green
4. Born to Add
5. Breakfast Time
6. C is for Cookie
7. Captain Vegetable
8. Caribbean Amphibian
9. Counting is Wonderful
10. Elmo's Song
11. Everyone Makes Mistakes
12. Five People in My Family
13. Frogs in the Glen
14. Fuzzy and Blue
15. The Grouch Song
16. I Don't Want to Live on the Moon
17. If Moon Was Cookie
18. I Love Trash
19. Imagination Song
20. Imagine That!
21. It Sure is Hot!
22. Keep Christmas with You
23. La, La, La
24. Monster in the Mirror
25. Muppets Rhyme in School
26. Octopus Blues
27. One Fine Face
28. One of These Things
29. One Small Voice
30. The Opposite Song
31. Pat Pat Patty Pat
32. Peanut Butter
33. People in Your Neighborhood
34. Put Down the Duckie
35. Rubber Duckie
36. Sesame Street Theme
37. Sing
38. Somebody Come and Play
39. We Are All Earthlings
40. What Do I Do When I'm Alone?

Alphabetical cross reference

For ease of reference, the following chart indicates which edition contains which songs.

Song	1971 edition	1992 edition	2007 edition
ABC-DEF-GHI	✓	✓	✓
All By Myself		✓	✓
The Batty Bat		✓
Bein' Green	✓	✓	✓
Born to Add		✓	✓
Breakfast Time		✓	✓
C is for Cookie		✓	✓
Captain Vegetable		✓	✓
Caribbean Amphibian		✓	✓
Circles	✓
Counting is Wonderful		✓	✓
Dance Myself to Sleep		✓
Doin' the Pigeon		✓
Eight Beautiful Notes		✓
Elmo's Song		✓	✓
Everybody Wash	✓
Everyone Makes Mistakes	✓	✓	✓
A Face	✓
Five People in My Family	✓	✓	✓
The Frogs in the Glen		✓	✓
Fuzzy and Blue		✓	✓
The Garden	✓
Goin' for a Ride	✓
The Grouch Song		✓	✓
High, Middle, Low	✓
The Honker Duckie Dinger Jamboree		✓
I Don't Want to Live on the Moon		✓	✓
I Heard My Dog Bark		✓
I Love Trash	✓	✓	✓
If I Were		✓
If Moon Was Cookie		✓	✓
I'm Going to Get My Hair Cut		✓
Imagination Song		✓	✓
Imagine That!		✓	✓
It Sure is Hot!		✓	✓
I've Got Two	✓
J Jump	✓
Keep Christmas with You		✓	✓
Keep the Park Clean for the Pigeons		✓
Kids	✓
La, La, La		✓	✓
Ladybugs' Picnic		✓
Let's Go Driving		✓
A Little Bit		✓
Monster in the Mirror		✓	✓
Muppets Rhyme in School		✓	✓
My Name	✓
Nearly Missed	✓
New Way to Walk		✓
Octopus Blues		✓	✓
On My Pond		✓
One Fine Face		✓	✓
One of These Things	✓	✓	✓
One Small Voice		✓	✓
The Opposite Song		✓	✓
Pat Pat Patty Pat		✓	✓
Peanut Butter		✓	✓
The People in Your Neighborhood	✓	✓	✓
Picture a World	✓
Proud to Be a Cow		✓
Put Down the Duckie		✓	✓
Rain Falls	✓
Reach Your Hand Up High		✓
Right in the Middle of My Face	✓
Rub Your Tummy	✓
Rubber Duckie	✓	✓	✓
Sesame Street	✓	✓	✓
Sing	✓	✓	✓
Sing After Me		✓
Skin		✓
Somebody Come and Play	✓	✓	✓
Someday, Little Children	✓
Someone Nice	✓
Song of Five	✓
Special	✓
Surprise!	✓
Tall Enough		✓
True Blue Miracle		✓
Up and Down	✓
Walk Down the Street	✓
We All Sing with the Same Voice		✓
We Are All Earthlings		✓	✓
What Can I Do?	✓
What Do I Do When I'm Alone?	✓	✓	✓
What Makes Music?	✓
What's the Name of That Song?		✓
When Bert's Not Here		✓
The Word is No		✓