Rhyme Out
sung by Maria (Sonia Manzano), Luis (Emilio Delgado) and Big Bird (Carroll Spinney)
spoken parts in brackets
Maria: Rhyme out, rhyme out
We're gonna have a rhyme out, rhyme out
It's a new kind of game
Where you look for a word
That will sound just the same
As the word you tried to
Rhyme out, rhyme out
Big Bird: And we're gonna rhyme
Store, door
Maria: Store, floor
Big Bird: Store, snore
Maria: Store, core ... [come on!]
Big Bird: [Ummm ... store ... ummm ...]
Maria: [Come on!]
Big Bird: [Oh ...]
Maria: [Ha!] I rhymed you out
That's what this game's about
You win every time
You get the last rhyme
To rhyme out, rhyme out
[Gotcha! Ha ha!]
Big Bird: [Yeah.]
Luis: [Hi, what's happening?]
Big Bird: [Hey! Ya wanna have a rhyme out, Luis?]
Luis: [A what?!]
Big Bird: [It's a rhyme out ...]
A rhyme out, rhyme out
Oh yes, I said a rhyme out, rhyme out
Maria: It's a new kind of game
Where you look for a word
That will sound just the same
As the word you tried to
Rhyme out, rhyme out
And we're gonna rhyme
Wing, string
Luis: Wing, ring
Maria: Wing, swing
Luis: Wing, sing (in a loud falsetto on "sing")
Maria: Wing ....
[ummm ... wing ... wing ... wing ... wing ...]
Big Bird: He rhymed you out
That's what the game's about
Maria and Big Bird: You win every time
You get the last rhyme
To rhyme out, rhyme out
Luis: [Yeah, I kinda like this game, it's all right.]
Big Bird: [Hey, let's all three of us have the rhyme out.]
Maria: [Okay, let's rhyme the word "chair", okay?]
Big Bird: Chair, bear
Maria: Chair, hair
Luis: Chair, stair
Big Bird: Chair, eclair!
Maria: Chair, pair
Luis: Chair, dare
Big Bird: Chair, share
Maria: [Chair ... chair ... chair ... chair ...]
Luis: [Come on, Maria! Come on, Maria!]
Big Bird: I rhymed you out
That's what the game's about
Maria and Luis: You beat us this time
'Cause you got the last rhyme
To rhyme out, rhyme out
Maria: Now we're gonna rhyme "shoe"
'Cause the game is through
Rhyme out!
Transcribed by the archive's webmistress Tiny Dancer
available on the CD-ROM
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