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)

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 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!)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(leaves the crowd and climbs into the J)

Transcribed by "Ditto" Cabral

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