Oscar Don't Allow
previously called "I'll Give You a Song"
Balley-Pottle
(c) 1975 Sesame Street, Inc., ASCAP
sung to the tune of "Mama Don't Allow"
Oscar: I'll give you a song
That I think is tops:
If you keep up this racket,
I'm calling the cops!
(music starts)
David: Oh, Oscar don't allow no singalong singing here
Oscar don't allow no singalong singing here
All: Now we don't care what Oscar don't allow
Gonna sing some singalongs anyhow
Oscar don't allow no singalong singing here
Big Bird: Oh yeah
Oscar don't allow no banjo-strumming here
Oscar don't allow no banjo-strumming here
All: Now we don't care what Oscar don't allow
Gonna strum our banjos anyhow
Oscar don't allow no banjo-strumming here
Ernie: Now Oscar don't allow no piano-playing here
Oscar don't allow no piano-playing here
All: Now we don't care what Oscar don't allow
Gonna play our piano anyhow
Oscar don't allow no piano-playing here
Gordon: Oscar don't allow no drum-drum drumming here
Oscar don't allow no drum-drum drumming here
All: Now we don't care what Oscar don't allow
Gonna do some drumming anyhow
Oscar don't allow no drum-drum drumming here
David: Oscar don't allow no singalong singing here
Oscar don't allow no singalong singing here
All: Now we don't care what Oscar don't allow
Gonna do some singalong singing anyhow
Oscar don't allow no singalong singing here!
(spoken)
Oscar: Very funny, very funny (door slams)
Transcribed by Shmuel Y. A. Ross and the archive's webmistress Tiny Dancer
Originally released on the album
Bert & Ernie Sing-Along (1975) Children's Records of America