Readers Of The Open Range Lyrics - Sesame Street

Spoken: 

Vern: Howdy, my name's Vern, this here's my gang (nods to man on one side, woman on the other). We're special sort of cow-pokes and we'd like to tell ya a little bit about ourselves. 

Sung: 

Vern: We travel all around the west 

Just looking for a chance 

To satisfy our passion 

For adventure and romance 

We do the things that cowboys do 

Like fussin' with our herds 

But what we really love the most is 

Reading words 

All: We're readers, readers 

Readers of the open range 

We're readers, readers 

Vern: Readers of the open range 

Spoken: 

Vern: Hey look boys, what's that sign say thare? 

Other Male: Well, I can read that, it says, "Gopher Junction" (note: the sign actually says "Gopher Jct.", not the best idea for teaching kids how to read, IMHO) 

Female: Yeah, and "Dodge City". 

Men: Yeeha! 

Sung: 

Vern: We read the signs along the road 

We fill the wordless gaps 

Read labels in our cowboy hats 

And cowboy boots and chaps 

We do the things that cowboys do 

Like fussin' with our herds 

But what we really love the most is 

Reading words 

All: We're readers, readers 

Readers of the open range 

We're readers, readers 

Vern: Readers of the open range 

Spoken: 

Vern: I see ya got your Acme cowboy boots on. 

Other Male: Yup, and I'm wearing my International League of Garment Workers shirt, ahhh-heee! 

Sung: 

Vern: Sometimes we read right into town 

To get some extra licks 

We look around for words to read 

That's how we get our kicks 

We see them up above the stores 

Along the dusty street 

But, riding through to read the town is 

Other Male: Real excitin' 

Female: Goshdarn nation 

All: Really treat 

We're readers, readers 

Readers of the open range 

We're readers, readers 

Vern: Readers of the open range 

All: We're readers, readers 

Readers of the open range 

We're readers, readers 

Vern: Readers of the open range 

Spoken: 

Vern: Oh, lookey there, there's Dalton Gazette 

Female: Oh yeah, and the dentist 

Other Male: Oh, look up yonder, it's the seed store 

Oh and look, Jake's and Harry the blacksmith 

Vern: Sasparilly 

Well boys, I'd love to stay and read some more, but I think we better head for home. 

Other Male: Yep. 

Vern: We're bound to find a few more signs on the way. 

Sung (as they ride into the sunset): 

Readers of the open range 

We're readers, readers 

Readers of the open range 

We're readers, readers 

Yoddle-a-e-hoo!