The Grouch Song



 Earliest Known Appearance: Episode 0266 "  The GROUCH   Song  " is a song that  OSCAR THE GROUCH  sings to let someone know that they would make a beautiful  GROUCH .

Appearances

 *  OSCAR  sang the song to Maria in episode 0534.
 * OSCAR ' s band ( including Elmo ) performs a raucous version of this song in  episode 3950.
 * He sang it to Gabi in episode 4072.
 * He also sang the song in the Sesame Street Live shows Big Bird ' s Super Spectacular Totally Amateur Show & Elmo ' s Coloring Book ( in the latter, the song feature s cheerier lyrics to fit his  bout of nice ness ).

TV / Movies / Specials

 * SESAME STREET ( 1969 - present )


 * Episode 0266 ( 1 971 )
 * Episode 0534 ( 1 973 )
 * Episode 3 950 ( 2001 )
 * Episode 4072 ( 2 004 )

SESAME STreet Live

 *  BIG   BIRD  ' s Super Spectacular Totally Amateur Show ( 1981 )
 * Elmo ' s Coloring Book ( 1 997 )

Audio

 * T he Official Sesame Street 2 Book - & - Record Album ( 1971 )
 *  Let a  Frown  Be Your Umbrella  ( 1974 )
 * Sesame Street Singles ( single, 1976 )
 * Muppet Masquerade ( 1978 )
 * Platinum Too ( 1997 )
 *  OSCAR  ' s  TRASHY  Songs  ( 1 997 )
 * Just Friends ( 1997 )
 * Elmo ' s Coloring Book ( 1997 )
 *  The Adventures of Elmo in  GROUCH  land  ( 1 999 )

Publications

 * Sesame Street Songbook Vol . 2
 * Songs of Sesame Street ( 1 977 )
 * The Songs of Sesame Street in Poems & Pictures ( 1983 )
 * The Sesame Street Songbook ( 1 992 & 2007 editions only )
 * The Adventures of Elmo in  GROUCH  land ( 1 999 )

Lyrics
 If ya wake up in the mornin ' mean & grumpy 

 & ya frown at everybody that ya see 

 & if ya like your oatmeal nice & cold & lumpy 

 Then you ' re a Grouch  like  ME 

 If y a love it when i t ' s wet & cold & raining 

 & the music that you like is all off key 

 If you ' re happiest whenever you ' re complaining 

 Then you ' re a Grouch  like  ME 

 If ya hate it when your Grandma kisses you 

'' Ya know what ? Well  ME , too ! ''

 If ya love to see a  GARBAGE  truck roll by 

'' Ya know what ? So do  I  ! ''

 & if ya think a great big pile of  TRASH  is pretty 

 & that ice cream is yucchy as can be 

 If you can ' t stand a cuddly little kitty 

 Then you ' re a  GROUCH  like  ME 

( Spoken with music still playing )

Ya know you ' re a  GROUCH  if ya hate to smile & ya don ' t like anybody

else to smile either. & if ya love to see a truck splash  MUD  all over

somebody ' s clean clothes, h eh - heh - h eh , you just might be a  GROUCH  !

 & if ya think a great big pile of  TRASH  is pretty 

 & that ice cream is yucchy as can be 

 If you can ' t stand a cuddly little kitty 

 & ya'd like to chase her up the nearest tr ee 

'' Then you can be pretty sure that you ' r e a  GROUCH  like  ME  ! ''