Stand By Your Can
sung by Hammy Swinette (get it? Instead of Tammy Wynette!)
to the tune of "Stand By Your Man"
Voiceover: And now the Sesame Street Country Music Festival presents Miss Hammy Swinette and her trashcan!
Sometimes it's hard to be a trashcan
When folks get piggier each day
They throw their trash down
They throw it all 'round
But no one's throwing it away
This is a park it ain't no pig sty
Why don't you lend a helping hand
And toss your trash in
This big old trash bin
'Cause after all it's just a can
Background pigs: Oink, oink, oink, oink
Stand by your can
Give it your trash to cling to
Make it the one you run to
With all your peels and wrappers
Stand by your can
And give it all your garbage
Don't make a mess-up if you land
Stand by your can
Oink, oink, oink, oink
Stand by your can
And give it all your garbage
Don't make a mess-up if you land
Stand by your can!
Trashcan: Oh Hammy, thanks for putting garbage back in my life!
Hammy: You deserve it darlin'
Transcribed by your loyal webmistress Tiny Dancer
available on
We Are All Earthlings (Cassette)