The J Song

a cartoon homage to the letter J


(Cartoon starts with a small letter J being drawn on the screen.

(A cowboy with a guitar strapped to his chest climbs out of it)


The J Song


J. I was named after the letter J 'cause everything my family does starts with a J.

(Starts strumming his guitar as the screen fills with people doing various things)


The J Song


(The rest is now sung with actions in brackets)

There are folks who poke fun at the way my family's run
It's a jokin', joyful, jumpin' jamboree
So if you'd like a job, just join our jolly mob
And we'll show you how much fun a "j" can be

My sister's into judo (she flips a would-be robber over her shoulder. Ugh!)


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My father likes to jog (he jogs towards the screen panting)


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My mother washes jelly jars (she drops one and it breaks)


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My uncle jumps a log (he lands in a puddle of water)


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Big brother flies a jet plane (he waves from the cockpit and flies off)


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My nephew drives a jeep (drives up a hill and off-screen)


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And Junior is a jitterbug (dances the jitterbug with the old-style outfit on)


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And Grandma juggles sheep (three sheep being juggled in the air as they "baaaa")


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My niece plays in a jazz band (three-piece combo letting loose)


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My Granddad jimmies doors (breaks his cane trying to jimmy the door open)


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My cousin runs a jackal farm (throws bones at a pack at jackals from a treetop)


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My auntie judges boars (shaking a boar's hand/hoof wearing a number one ribbon)


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Great-uncle raises johnquills (watering the ground and then surrounded by flowers)


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Great granddad plays with jacks (doing onesies on the floor)


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My wife became a journeyman (primping her hair then putting on a construction hat)


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And me? .... Well, I just stay out of their way.

(leaves the crowd and climbs into the J)


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Transcribed by "Ditto" Cabral

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