Low, Middle, High
sung by Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird (both Carroll Spinney),
Grover (Frank Oz), Ernie (Jim Henson) and Sherlock Hemlock (Jerry Nelson)
[Bong, bong, bong]
Big Bird: Hey Oscar, that's pretty. What is it?
Oscar: That, Big Bird, is my low trashcan lid.
Big Bird: Oh, really?
Oscar: Yeah, that's 'cause it makes a low sound when i play it [bong]. I also have a middle [bong], and a high [bong]. And I will now play a melody.
Grover: Oscar, you must be joking.
Oscar: I'm not joking Grover, and you can play a melody too if you have
three things that make a low [dong], middle [dong], and high [dong].
Ernie: Uh, I have some bells here. [ding, ding, ding]
Big Bird: I've got 3 pans. [bong, bong, bong]
Grover: Uh, would a toy piano do? [tink, tink, tink]
Sherlock: How about glasses? [ding, ding, ding]
Oscar: Yeah, sure. All of those things are fine. And if you don't have
anything to play, just sing it. Now here's the melody. Listen and see if
you can learn it. it goes like this:
(sung)
Low, middle, high, high, low, high
Low, middle, high, high
Low, middle, high, high, low, high
Low, middle, high, high
High, middle, high, low, low, low
Low, low, low
High
Low, middle, high, high, low, high
High, middle, high, low
Simple notes, 1 2 3, how pretty they can be
All: Low, middle, high, high, low, high
Low, middle, high, high
Low, middle, high, high, low, high
Low, middle, high, high
High, middle, high, low, low, low
Low, low, low
High
Low, middle, high, high, low, high
High, middle, high, low
Oscar: Simple notes 1 2 3, how pretty they can be, now won't you play
with me?
(spoken)
Ernie: Gee Oscar, that was lovely.
Oscar: It was!? How embarrassing.
Transcribed by Some-One Else