Sesame Street - "Green Grow the Rushes Go"

[derek7023]

Thank you so much for posting this video. I find the music and singing very catchy and I always love doing motions and singing along to this song. But please, is there anyway you can post the Sesame Street film called "Cold Ocean Blues?" Because I really want to see that film REALLY, REALLY bad.

[FuckAlliansen]

Red fly the banners are so much better..

[musicbox193]

I like how the turtle always sticks his head out of the rushes

[jeopardy60611]

In the Jewish religion, on the holiday of Passover, we sing a song similar to this. Translated to English, it says something like "Who knows one? I know one. One is the Lord our God, of the heavens and the earth." In an Orthodox Passover Seder, they will do this song up to 12, and it takes FOREVER! :-)

[musicbox193]

@jeopardy60611 is it the same tune?

[jeopardy60611]

@musicbox193 Not exactly the same tune, but similar in concept, with a building list of numbered items, counting backwards to 1, stating the important premise of Judaism that there is only one God.

[kuronekochan1992]

one is one and all alone and ever more shall be soooooo (damn that's kinda depressing when you say it like that)

[musicbox193]

@kuronekochan1992 Yeah I always wondered why 1 didn't have anything

[m111ss]

Thanks, McThick26. We used to sing this song with these lyrics in Scout camp around 45 years ago. I've been looking for more info for a long time.

[KittyKittyMoewMoew]

These aren't the real lyrics :(

[musicbox193]

@KittyKittyMoewMoew People change around old songs all the time to make them fit the circumstance that they are used for

[adriisdum]

What is the 5-0?

Someone who knocks on your door in the middle of the night to tell you to turn that damn noise off.

[mrkingofkings]

This song can heard in "Sesame Street Numbers" for the PC.

[kitarofan87]

Last I saw this was July 1994 and was looking all around for this!!!

[ZNKChannel]

Sounds like Edgar got a British accent in this song.

[Claraa10]

Im desperately trying to find a film with someone singing the original (two two lilywhite boys) version!

[asmoll01]

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[Serrobi]

Wow, good ole Sesame memories.

[powerpup97]

I think the guy singing this song Ringo Starr. I may be wrong, but I know he sounds a lot like a famous British songwriter or something.

[bobbyboynyc]

Too childish, too watered-down to even be on youtube.

[glowworm2]

This is adorable!

[jenmatiQ]

i was thinking about john steed and emma peel in the avengers, they were also singing the song in "too many christmas tress" :)

[McThick26]

This is a VERY old song (several hundred years). It's a traditional English (or possibly Irish) Christmas song and has slightly different lyrics, with definite religious overtones One is one and all alone and evermore shall be so. Two, two the lilywhite boys dressed all in green, Oh Three, three the rivals Four for the Gospel makers Five for the symbols at your door Six proud walkers Seven stars in the sky 8 proud Rangers 9 shiners 10 commandments 11 went to heaven 12 apostles

[liebelukiperman]

In my research (I'm studying an arrangement of this piece for a conducting class) it was originated in Scotland. Just to add to the information you already know :)

[FreidaSnake]

@McThick26 my grandma is british and used to sing it with the lyrics you wrote, i've benn trying to remember so thank you very much !!!! I was dissapointed with this version!!!

[musicbox193]

@McThick26 yep, it's cool how people make old songs into newer ones for stuff like this

[Fuleadeare]

@McThick26 I had no idea, that's really cool.

[khasperg]

I thought this was just an REM song, lol. I find this out at age 26, what apparently others have known since childhood.

[ssonnic]

My grandad and i used to sing this song in the car!

[musicbox193]

@ssonnic was it this one or the original one

[geoffysmurf]

I seem to remember a similar one where the turle was playing on the moon .That was a really cute one!

[lovemeg5186]

I love this song!

[Melyssa450]

Jeff Hale singing "Green Grow the Rushes go"

[srf1969]

We use to sing a song similar to this called "Green Grow The Rushes Ho" and verse 3 was "Three Three the rivals".  This was almost 30 years ago when I sang this at school. And they had 12 verses of this song as well and this song only had 5 verses. I never seen this song on Sesame Street before.

[sld1169]

There's also an X-rated version called "Green Grow the Bondage Oh" that also has three, three the rivals and goes all the way up to the number 12 :D

[PandaMishima]

Uh, I don't think we need to know any more than that.

[aly543]

thanks for the add me and my sister used to sing this all the time

[classicssmfan]

When was the last time I've seen this?

[MarshalGrover]

The last time it was posted?

[classicssmfan]

No, No, No. What I meant was that it's been a long time since I've watched this on Sesame Street.

[NEUDude]

The last time it was shown was episode 3735, which aired on 3/6/98.

[MarshalGrover]

Do you have proof, or just a good memory?

[NEUDude]

Good memory.

[joshua25fm]

@MarshalGrover its in the archives.