Sesame Street
Roosevelt Franklin Counts
Roosevelt Franklin (spoken)
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pig feet. But my name is not Peter Piper. It's Roosevelt Franklin. And I live on Sesame Street. And this is my sister Mary Francis Franklin. Say hello Mary Francis
Mary Francis (spoken)
Hello
Roosevelt Franklin (spoken)
Thank you Mary Francis. And this is my little brother, Baby Ray Franklin
Baby Ray (spoken)
Hey everybody
Roosevelt Franklin (spoken)
And this is my main man, Mobity Mosely
Mobity Mosely (spoken)
Mobity mo mo mo mo hello
Roosevelt Franklin (spoken)
And this is my friend, A.B. Cito
A. B. Cito (spoken)
Hello amigos
Roosevelt Franklin (spoken)
And this is my mother, and she can't find me no matter which way she looks with both of her eyes
Roosevelt's Mother (spoken)
Where is he? Where is he? Where is that Roosevelt Franklin?
Roosevelt Franklin (spoken)
Did-did-d-did somebody call me by my first name first and my second name second?
Roosevelt's Mother (spoken)
Yes somebody did. Now, look, it's about time you got here. Now, come on, we got to go over these numbers
Roosevelt Franklin (spoken)
Numbers! I know my numbers mommy, I know my numbers. One through ten, one through ten! Ooh, I know my numbers
Roosevelt's Mother (spoken)
We gonna see how much you know your numbers
Roosevelt Franklin (spoken)
Oh yeah?
Roosevelt Franklin, Roosevelt's Mother
Roosevelt Franklin, how old are you?
You know, I used to be one, now I'm going on two
Whatcha gonna do when you get to three?
I'm gonna look my daddy right in his knee
And Roosevelt Franklin, when you get to four?
I'm gonna get me some candy from the candy store
Well, whatcha gonna do when you reach five?
I'm gonna get some honey from the old bee hive
Roosevelt Franklin, and what about six?
I'll get my first job hauling bricks
Well, whatcha gonna do when you get to seven?
I'm going past the church and say good morning to the reverend
Roosevelt Franklin, when you get to eight?
I'm gonna eat all the collared greens off of my plate
Well, whatcha gonna do when you get nine?
I'm gonna take a ride on the railroad line
Roosevelt Franklin, when you get to ten?
I'm going back to one and start over again. Like this: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!
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How come I can't do that too?
Cause you can't do like Roosevelt do. You see, I'm Roosevelt Franklin. My name is Roosevelt Franklin
He's Roosevelt Franklin
That's alright! You see it's Roosevelt Franklin. He's out of sight
(spoken)
Roosevelt Franklin knows his numbers