Count Up To Nine
sung by The Count Von Count (Jerry Nelson)
and His Royal Transylvanians
[Scene: A room in the Count’s castle, with a jukebox in the background.
The Count puts a coin in it, and a chorus coming from it starts to sing.]
Chorus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a-oo doo-wah!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a-oo doo-wah!
Count: Ohhh-ohh, baby, count up to nine for me!
Ohhh-ohh, baby, count up to nine for me!
Ohhh-ohh, baby, count up to nine for me tonight!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9!
Ohhh-ohh, baby, make the world fine for me!
Ohhh-ohh, baby, make the sun shine for me!
Ohhh-ohh, baby, count up to nine for me tonight!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9!
I know you can count up to seven
Chorus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7!
Count: I know you can count up to eight
Chorus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8!
Count: But you’ll count up to nine if you love me
I can hardly wait!
[The Count now laughs a lot and there's lighting and thunder and howls of a wolf]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9!
Chorus :1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9!
Count: Ohhh-ohh, baby, count up to nine for me!
1, 2, 3 -- this is divine for me!
Ohhh-ohh, baby, count up to nine for me tonight!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9!
Chorus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9!
Count: Count to nine today!
Chorus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a-oo, doo-wah!
[spoken]
Count: One!
Two!
Three!
Four!
Five!
Six!
Seven!
Eight!
Nine!
[Laughs, and his thunder and lightning follow.]
Oh, I love it!
Transcribed by Andrea Sunderland, SilveryShoe@aol.com, and CookieCountDawn
available on the album
Born To Add (CD)
and on the album
The Count's Countdown (CD)
and on the video
Rock & Roll, also on DVD and with A Bert Toy!