The Rhyming Game Lyrics - Sesame Street

Bert: (reading an oatmeal recipe book, "Cooking With Oatmeal") 

"You take four cups of oatmeal...two pitted mangoes..." 

Ernie: "Hey Bert!" 

B: "...buttermilk..." 

E: "Hey Bert! It's time for the rhyming game Bert!" 

B: "Oh, no Ernie, thanks, I don't want to play a game, I'm reading my book." 

E: "Oh, but you'll love this game, Bert! See all you have to do is, you say something, and then I'll say something that rhymes with what you just said!" 

B: "Uh-huh, yeah, but I really don't want to play a game." 

E: "Maybe not Bert, but we'll do it all the same! 

You see that, you said game and I said same, and game and same both rhyme!" 

B: "Yeah, uh-uh, rhyme, I know. But Ernie, it's just not what I want to do." 

E: "Wiggle your finger, and waggle your shoe!" 

(drums start) 

B: "Uh, Ernie, I'd much rather sit and read my book." 

E: "With ears you hear, and with eyes you look!' 

B: "Now come on Ernie, cut this out." 

E: "Easy old buddy, no need to shout!" 

B: "I don't want to play a game with rhymes!" 

E: "Nice going Bert, oh ring my chimes!" 

B: "I don't wanna do it!" 

E: "There's really nothing to it!" 

B: "It's so silly." 

E: "A boy named Billy." 

B: "Stop it, please!" 

E: "A dog has fleas!" 

B: "Oh!" 

E: "Mow!" 

B: "Ernie, please this has got to stop!" 

E: "Some people like to jump and hop!" 

B: "I don't wanna do it (Ernie interrupts)any more." 

E: "What what hmmm?" (I like this part because here Jim H. messed up and they were able to recover wonderfully) 

B: "What what hmmm?! I don't want to do it anymore!" 

E: "Oh. One and two and three and four." 

B: "Ernie!" 

E: "Bernie!" 

B: "Stop it!" 

E: "Mop it!" 

B: "Stop!" 

E: "Flop!" 

B: "No!" 

E: "Flow!" 

B: "Mmmmmmm....Hippopotamus! 

E: "Ahhhhh...rhipototopus!" 

B: "Egh! Alright, alright! I give up!" 

E: "Eat from a plate and drink from a cup!" 

B: "I guess I'll just have to play along." 

E: "It plays like a game and sings like a song!" 

B: "You may be right, I may be wrong." 

E: "A clock goes tick and a bell goes bong." 

B: "This game is really kinda kicky!" 

E: "Sugar's sweet and glue is sticky." 

B: "Yeah, water is wet and dust is dry!" 

E: "Dogs gotta walk and birds gotta fly!" 

B: "It's a great kind of game to play with a friend!" 

E: "And now old buddy we've come to the end!" 

(drums stop) 

B: "Yah! You're right Ernie, that's a great game ... you" (still in rhythm) 

E: "Ah...w-well Bert see, I think I'm gonna go read my book now, okay? Hmm hmm hmm..." 

B: "...... Hey there lamp, that's a nice shade .... you .... it's not the same."