Six
Words and Music by Jeff Moss
1977 Festival Attractions, Inc. (ASCAP)
sung by Ernie (Jim Henson) and Bert (Frank Oz)
NOTE: This version from the show. Another version follows.
SPOKEN:
Ernie: What are you doing, Bert?
Bert: Sitting and thinking.
Ernie: Thinking about what?
Bert: My favorite number.
Ernie: Oh? That's really ... boring, Bert.
Bert: Not my number, Ernie.
Ernie: Well, what is your favorite number?
Bert: I thought you'd never ask ...
SUNG:
Bert: Six
Ernie: Six?
Bert: My favorite number is six
Ernie: Bert, nobody's favorite number is six.
Bert: Sometimes I spend the whole afternoon
Sitting around, and singing a tune about
Six
Ernie: Six, hmm?
Bert: Sometimes I think of six bricks.
Ernie: Bert, that's very boring.
Bert: Or else I think of six sticks
Ernie: Well, that's even more boring.
Bert: Not five bricks or stick, but six
Now two is your eyes and one's your nose
And five is your fingers or your toes
And four is the legs on an easy chair
Yet there's no number can compare with
Six
Ernie: How about 9 or 3?
Bert: Nothing more lovely than six
Ernie: I don't know, Bert ...
Bert: When someone says, "Hey, Bert, pick a number"
Well, I always pick the one nobody picks --
My favorite number is six.
SPOKEN:
Ernie: You know, I hate to break this to you, Bert, but six isn't anybody's favorite number.
Bert: It's my favorite number, Ernie.
Ernie: I mean, six just sort of sits there between five and seven. You know, you have five fingers on your hand, and there are seven days in a week, but there's not really six of anything.
Bert: I know, Ernie, I know.
SUNG:
Now two is your eyes and one's your nose
And five is your fingers or your toes
And four is the legs on an easy chair
But there's no number can compare with
Six
Ernie: All right, Bert ...
Bert: Nothing more lovely than six.
Ernie: Have it your way.
When someone says, "Hey, Bert, pick a number"
Well, I always pick the one nobody picks --
My favorite number is six.
SPOKEN:
Bert: What are you doing, Ernie, can I sit in my chair now, huh?
Ernie: Not right now, I'm thinking about my favorite number.
Bert: What is it, Ernie, what is it?
Ernie: 8,243,721.
Bert: I still like six.
Transcribed by Andrea Sunderland
Six
Words and Music by Jeff Moss
1977 Festival Attractions, Inc. (ASCAP)
sung by Ernie (Jim Henson) and Bert (Frank Oz)
NOTE: This version from Numbers!
[sound of door opening]
SPOKEN:
Ernie: Hiya, Bert!
Bert: Oh, hi, Ernie.
Ernie: Hey, I just got back from the grocery store, Bert. I bought us some soda pop.
Bert. Yeah, well, uh, I wish you wouldn't bother me right now, Ernie, 'cause I'm busy.
Ernie: Really, Bert? What are you doin'?
Bert: Ohhh, I'm sitting here thinking about my favorite number.
Ernie: You're sitting there thinking about your favorite number? That sounds a little boring, Bert.
Bert: Aw, not when your favorite number is as wonderful a number as mine is!
Ernie: Really?
Bert: Uh-huh.
Ernie: Well, what is your favorite number, Bert?
Bert: I was hoping you'd ask!
SUNG:
Bert: Six
Ernie: Six?
Bert: My favorite number is six
Ernie: Bert, nobody's favorite number is six.
Bert: Sometimes I spend the whole afternoon
Sitting around, and singing a tune about
Six
Ernie: Six, hmm?
Bert: Sometimes I think of six bricks.
Ernie: Bert, that's very boring.
Bert: Or else I think of six sticks
Ernie: Well, that's even more boring.
Bert: Not five bricks or sticks, but six
Now two is your eyes and one's your nose
And five is your fingers or your toes
And four is the legs on an easy chair
Yet there's no number can compare with
Six
Ernie: How about 9 or 3?
Bert: Nothing more lovely than six
Ernie: I don't know, Bert ...
Bert: When someone says, "Hey, Bert, pick a number"
Well, I always pick the one nobody picks --
My favorite number is six.
SPOKEN:
Ernie: You know, I hate to break this to you, Bert, but six isn't anybody's favorite number.
Bert: It's my favorite number, Ernie.
Ernie: I mean, six just sort of sits there between five and seven.
You know, you have five fingers on your hand, and there are seven days in a week, but there's not really six of anything.
Bert: I know, Ernie, I know.
SUNG:
Now two is your eyes and one's your nose
And five is your fingers or your toes
And four is the legs on an easy chair
But there's no number can compare with
Six
Ernie: All right, Bert ...
Bert: Nothing more lovely than six.
Ernie: Have it your way.
When someone says, "Hey, Bert, pick a number"
Well, I always pick the one nobody picks --
My favorite number is six.
SPOKEN:
Ernie: Yeah. Well, that's really nice, Bert.
Anyhow, I brought this soda pop back from the store, and I wondered if you wanted some.
Hey, wait a minute!
Bert: What?
Ernie: Look at that! Bert, count the number of bottles of soda pop in that container.
Bert: Uh, let's see, there's, uh, one, two, three, four, five, six! Six bottles of soda pop!
Ernie: Uh-huh.
Bert: A six pack of soda pop, Ernie! Hey, that is really neat! Something does come in sixes after all!
Hey, Ernie, wait, wait ... Do you have a bottle opener?
Ernie: Why, sure. Here. What are you doin', Bert?
(pop)
Bert: Well, I'm opening up the soda pop. That's one bottle ... (pop)
And two ... (pop) and three bottles ...
Ernie: Uh, wait a minute, Bert.
Bert: And four ... (pop)
Ernie: Bert!
Bert: And five ... (pop)
Ernie: But ...
Bert: And six (pop). There!
Ernie: Bert, you opened all the six bottles of soda pop.
Bert: That's right, Ernie.
Ernie: Boy, you sure must be thirsty.
Bert: Thirsty? No, no, I'm not thirsty at all, Ernie.
I just wanted the six bottlecaps for my bottlecap collection.
Ernie: Oh ...
Bert: Thanks, Ern! See ya later!
Transcribed by Anna
Originally released on the album
Numbers! (1977) Children's Television Workshop
Re-released on the album
Numbers! (CD)