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 features cheerier lyrics to fit his  bout of niceness ).

TV / Movies / Specials

 * Sesame Street ( 1969 - present )


 * Episode 0266 ( 1971 )
 * Episode 0534 ( 1973 )
 * Episode 3950 ( 2001 )
 * Episode 4072 ( 2004 )

Sesame Street Live

 * Big Bird 's Super Spectacular Totally Amateur Show ( 1981 )
 * Elmo ' s Coloring Book ( 1997 )

Audio

 * The 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  ( 1997 )
 * Just Friends ( 1997 )
 * Elmo ' s Coloring Book ( 1997 )
 *  The Adventures of Elmo in  GROUch  land  ( 1999 )

Publications

 * Sesame Street Songbook Vol . 2
 * Songs of Sesame Street ( 1977 )
 * The Songs of Sesame Street in Poems & Pictures ( 1983 )
 * The Sesame Street Songbook ( 1992 & 2007 editions only )
 * The Adventures of Elmo in  GROUCH  land ( 1999 )

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 ya love it when it'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, heh - heh - heh, 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're a Grouch  like  me  ! ''