The Word Family Song

Written by	Jeff Moss and Joe Raposo
Publisher	Festival Attractions, Inc.; Instructional Children's Music Inc.; Jonico Music Inc.

"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!"

Audio Releases

Version sung by Gordon, Susan, Mr. Hooper and Oscar ("et" words):

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

Version sung by Dan and Friend ("an" words):

• Somebody Come and Play (1974)