Pat Pat Patty Pat

Words by Jerry Juhl
Music by Joe Raposo

Bert: Hey, hey everybody! I've got another great game for ya!

All: Yay! Wow! All right!

Bert: This is so much fun! Now, when I say pat your tummy, you pat your tummy. OK? Here we go...

(sung)

Oh, listen to the song that's humming in your ear
And you'll have more fun than you've had all year.
Just shake your leg with a
Shake, shake, shakey shake,
Shakey, shakey, shake, shake
Pat your tummy with a
Pat, pat, patty pat,
Patty, patty, pat, pat-poo!

(assorted confusion)

Ernie: Uh, then what happens, Bert?

Bert: Uh, nothing happens, Ernie, and that's the game! Isn't it a spellbinder?

Oscar: Well, I thought it was dumb!!!

Prairie: Yeah, me too.

Herbert Birdsfoot: I know what. Maybe if we made it more complicated it would be fun.

Bert: MORE complicated???

Herb: Sure, try it like this ... now, all you kids listening to the record, you do just what the song says.

Bert: Herb, are you sure you know what you are doing?

Herb: Trust me.

Bert: OK, go.

(sung)

Oh, listen to the song that's humming in your ear
And you'll have more fun than you've had all year.
Just wiggle your fingers with a
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Shake your legs with a
Shake, shake, shakey shake,
Shakey, shakey, shake, shake
Pat your tummy with a
Pat, pat, patty pat,
Patty, patty, pat, pat-poo!

Big Bird: Hey, that was fun!

Herb: You go, Big Bird.

B.B.: OK, listen to me!

(sung)

Oh, listen to the song that's humming in your ear
And you'll have more fun than you've had all year.
Just flap your arms with a
Flap, flap, flappy flap
Flappy, flappy, flap, flap
Wiggle your fingers with a
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Shake your legs with a
Shake, shake, shakey shake,
Shakey, shakey, shake, shake
Pat your tummy with a
Pat, pat, patty pat,
Patty, patty, pat, pat-poo!

Prairie: Hee-hee-hee, Hey, I thought of one.

Herb: Go, Prairie!

Prairie: OK....

(sung)

Oh, listen to the song that's humming in your ear
And you'll have more fun than you've had all year.
Just spin around with a
Spin, spin, spinny spin
Spinny, spinny, spin, spin
Flap your arms with a
Flap, flap, flappy flap
Flappy, flappy, flap, flap
Wiggle your fingers with a
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle wiggle,
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Shake your legs with a
Shake, shake, shakey shake,
Shakey, shakey, shake, shake
Pat your tummy with a
Pat, pat, patty, pat,
Patty, patty, pat, pat-poo!

Grover: I think I would like to go now.

Big Bird: OK Grover!

G: OK listen.

(sung)

Oh, listen to the song that's humming in your ear
And you'll have more fun than you've had all year.
Just hop around with a
Hip, hop, hoppy hop
Hoppy hoppy, hop, hop
Spin around with a
Spin, spin, spinny spin
Spinny, spinny, spin, spin
Flap your arms with a
Flap, flap, flappy flap
Flappy, flappy, flap, flap
Wiggle your fingers with a
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle wiggle,
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Shake your legs with a
Shake, shake, shakey shake,
Shakey, shakey, shake, shake
Pat your tummy with a
Pat, pat, patty, pat,
Patty, patty, pat, pat-poo!

Ernie: Wow! OK, last verse, let's really kick it!!!!

Big Bird: OK!

Oh, listen to the song that's humming in your ear
And you'll have more fun than you've had all year.
Just hop around with a
Hip, hop, hoppy hop
Hoppy hoppy, hop, hop
Spin around with a
Spin, spin, spinny spin
Spinny, spinny, spin, spin
Flap your arms with a
Flap, flap, flappy flap
Flappy, flappy, flap, flap
Wiggle your fingers with a
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle wiggle,
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Shake your legs with a
Shake, shake, shakey shake,
Shakey, shakey, shake, shake
Pat your tummy with a
Pat, pat, patty, pat,
Patty, patty, pat, pat-poo!

(assorted laughter, and then....)

Bert: Personally, I liked it better my way....

Transcribed by Julie Gouldman and Robert Moszenberg


Originally released on the album

Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert

Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert and the Muppets of Sesame Street
(1972 and reissued in 1976)
Children's Television Workshop (Out of print)

and on the album

Bert's Blockbusters

Bert's Blockbusters (1974)

and on the album

Somebody Come and Play

Somebody Come and Play (1974)
Children's Television Workshop

and on the cassette

Bert & Ernie: Side By Side

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

Available on the album

Bert and Ernie's Greatest Hits

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