Nasty Dan

 " Nasty Dan  "  is a song that was performed by  Johnny Cash  during  SESAME STREET   Season 5. He sang i t t o  OSCAR THE GROUCH , w h o made occasional interjection s.

A recording by Claude François managed to reach number 1| 1 on t h e pop chart in  France.

Audio

 *  The Star s Come Out o n  SESAME   STREET  ( 1 9 7 9  )
 *  Song s from t he  STREET  :  3 5   YEAR s  of Music  ( 2 00 3  )

Video

 *  O l d School : Volume 1  ( 2 00 6  )
 *  Best of Friend s  ( 2 0 1 2  )

On line

 *  SE SAME STREET  . org
 * Hulu
 *  SESAME STREET  ’ s YouTube Channel

Lyrics
( spoken )

(  OSCAR THE GROUCH  suddenly emerge s from his   TRASH CAN  when  Johnny Cash  bang s  his  guitar on  IT  ).

 OSCAR  - Who goes t here ?

Johnny Cash -  You  ' ll like this.

( sung )

Johnny - Old  Nasty Dan  was the meanest man  I  ever knew

He ' d stomp & scream & be real mean the whole day through

(  OSCAR  - Yeah ? )

He ' d frown a bunch

He ate nail s for lunch

& he  ' d never laugh

(  OSCAR  - Wow !  OSCAR  ’ d like him  ! )

He ' d growl & yell &  I  h ear d tell  he  never took a bath

(  OSCAR  - Wow . )

 NASTY DAN 

(  OSCAR  -  NASTY DAN  ? )

Was a nasty man !

(  OSCAR  - Yea h ? )

Hard to understand that  NASTY DAN 

(  OSCAR  - Hmm . )

Now  NASTY DAN  was a nasty man the whole day long

(  OSCAR  - Good f or him  ! )

He ' d go where  he  could &  he  ' d try real goo d to make thin g s go wrong

(  OSCAR  - Oh yeah, yeah , yeah . )

He ' d jump for joy when a little boy would trip & fall

(  OSCAR  - Really mean . )

& the only word s that he  ever said were "  I  don ' t like you at all . "

(  OSCAR  - Yeah, right on ! )

 NASTY DAN 

(  OSCAR  - Yeah . )

Was a nasty man

(  OSCAR  - Heh, heh , heh . )

Hard to understand that  NASTY DAN 

( spoke n )

Johnny - Now here ' s the best part, it ' s about a girl name d Nasty Pearl.

 OSCAR  : Oh, she sound s okay too !

( sun g )

Nasty Pearl was a nasty girl who met  DAN  some how

She said, " You  ' re like me ,  ROTTEN  as can be , let ' s get married now . "

So they went & they did & had a nasty kid & I  must confess

That  DAN  pretty much l eave s every body alone now

&  he  does n ' t bother any body any more

' Cause he  just live s in  his  nasty old house

With his  nasty old wife

(  OSCAR  - Yeah ? )

& his nasty kid

(  OSCAR  - Yeah ? )

In nasty happiness !

(  OSCAR  - Far out ! )

he ' s a happy man !

(  OSCAR  - Yea h . )

Hard to under stand that  NASTY DAN 

( spoke n )

 OSCAR  - Wow, that was really great.

Johnny -  You  like that ?

 OSCAR  - & say, are n ' t you Johnny   TRASH  ?

Johnny -  Cash.

 OSCAR  - Cash ,  Cash.

Johnny - Have a  ROTTEN  day.

 OSCAR  - Wow, there goes my  kind of guy.