(Our) Family Tree

Lyrics

[MITCH MILLER, spoken] NBC presents: Sing Along With Mitch! Starring me, Mitch Miller, and the sing-along gang! This one's for the whole family [ROGER, spoken] Take it, mother [CAROL] Oh, I feel a merry quake The south begins to shake Under our family tree The leaves begin to blow Gone with the wind they go All through our family tree, he-e-ey Up top magnolias bloom They spread a sweet perfume For this ancestral jubilee! Now every bough must pull its weight It's time to prune and propagate Welcome to our family tree [ROGER, spoken] That was great, mother! [MITCH MILLER, spoken] Let's hear from those fantastic fathers! [ROGER] I hear the dogwood's bark A seed's begun to spark Inside our [ROGER & CAROL] —family tree A twig begins to poke [CAROL] Wah-wah [ROGER] From out that mighty oak [CAROL] Wah-wah-wah-wah [ROGER] To join our [ROGER & CAROL] Jamboree [ROGER] And like a slide trombone [CAROL] Wah-wah [ROGER] He glides out fully grown [CAROL] Wah-wah-wah-wah [ROGER] A Dixieland RSVP [CAROL] Bah-bah-bah-ya, bah-bah-ya-bah-bow! [ROGER] And no one minds an extra limb [CAROL] Especially when it looks like him! [ROGER & CAROL] So welcome to our family tree [MITCH MILLER, spoken] Alright, Brenda, your turn. Ladies and gentlemen, the Strong family singers! [BRENDA & LADIES] I feel a burst of spring My trunk begins to swing Just like our family tree The cousins come to call They'll stay until next fall 'Cause there's lots of fixings and they're free [MEN] Save some of that gumbo for me [BRENDA, LADIES & (MEN)] The kin folk gather 'round (Wah-wah) They've covered lots of ground (Wah-wah-wah-wah) There's not a soul left in Tennessee [BRENDA] They've all arrived to germinate To fertilize and— [BRENDA & LADIES] Cultivate And populate our family tree [MITCH, spoken] Ready, Frank? [FRANK, JR., spoken] Ready Mitch! (singing) I'll give a rebel yell To every Southern Belle Under our family tree I'll swing the second line When our two clans combine For some big [ALL] Easy harmony [FRANK, JR.] Trumpets begin to shout To welcome your new sprout You've charmed this Yankee refugee You're all so lush and overgrown But I know I'll never be alone I'm glad to climb your family tree [FRANK JR. & THE STRONGS] Your love has raised the bar I'm swingin' on a star [FRANK, JR.] For that who needs a law degree? [LADIES] The trees that bear the ripest fruits [MEN] Are trees that have the deepest roots, so… [ALL] Welcome to our family Welcome to our family [FRANK JR.] I'm... [ALL] Welcome to the family tree! [FRANK JR., spoken] Look out, old Frankie is home! [ALL] Yeah!