The Garden

performed by Susan (Loretta Long) and Oscar the Grouch (Carroll Spinney)
Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo

You take a little fruit gum wrapper
And you toss it on the ground
Mix it up good with a popsicle stick
And an old paper cup you found
Add an empty tube of toothpaste
And dump it all where all can see
And you've got a Glop Glop Grungy
Glub Garden
Where the playground used to be

You take a great big smokey chimney
And puff smoke in the air
Then mix it up good with a diesel truck
And blow it everywhere
Now add a dash of hazy sunshine
Peekin' through a skinny yellow tree
And you've got a Glop Glop Grungy
Glub Garden
Where the flowers used to be

Makin' a mess may be all right
And quite a sight to see
But be quite sure before you mess things up
That you can clean up the mess
Before it messes up me

You take a lot of trash and dump it in the bottom of the sea
The octopuses and the oysters
Won't complain to you and me
But someday you might get hungry
For a tuna fish fricassee
And you've got a Glop Glop Grungy
Glub Garden
Where the ocean used to be

And you've got a Glop Glop Grungy
Glub Garden
Where the whole world used to be

Transcribed by Jen Finlayson and SlvrSlprz@aol.com


Originally released on the album

Sesame Street 2 - Original Cast Sesame Street 2 - Original Cast

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

and on the album

Let A Frown Be Your Umbrella

Let A Frown Be Your Umbrella (1974) Children's Television Workshop