High, Middle, Low

Words and Music by Jeff Moss and Emily Perl Kingsley
(c)1971 Festival Attractions, Inc./Sesame Street, Inc.
Herbert Birdsfoot (Jerry Nelson), Ernie (Jim Henson), Bert (Frank Oz)
Herbert Birdsfoot: Oh, I can only sing the high part.
It's the only part I know.
And when I sing the high part,
This is how I go:
La, la-la-la-la-la-la, la
La, la-la-la-la-la-la.

Ernie: I can only sing the middle.
It's the only part I know, I know.
And when I sing the middle part,
This is how I go:
La, la-la-la-la-la-la, la
La, la-la-la-la-la-la.

Bert: I can only sing the low part, low part,
It's the only part I know, I know.
And when I sing the low, low part,
This is how I go.
(That's beautiful, Bert!)
La, la-la-la-la-la, la-la, la-la,
La, la-la-la-la-la-la.

All: When we put them all together
I am sure you will agree, agree,
The whole sounds better than the parts
As you can plainly see.
La, la-la-la-la-la, la-la, la-la,
La, la-la-la-la-la-la, la la la la.

Transcribed by Launi Lockard

Originally released on the album

Sesame Street 2 - Original Cast (1971)
Children's Records of America

and on the album

Bert's Blockbusters (1974)

and on the cassette

Bert & Ernie: Side By Side (1981)
Golden Music

Available on the album

Bert and Ernie's Greatest Hits (CD) and Cassette