On the Roof (Op Het Dak)
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Grover
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Stop singing! Look, there is Pete! Pete, with another sack! What a surprise!
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Ernie
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(sing) What a surprise!
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Sinterklaas
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(sings along) Ooh la la la.
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Bert |
Quiet, Ernie, quiet. Welcome back to our room, Dear Holy Man.
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Grover
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Dear Holy Man? Where? I thought he was Saint Nicholas.
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Bert
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You can call him Dear Holy Man too. Right, Dear Holy Man?
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Ernie
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Or just Sinterklaas. Keeheehee.
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Pete
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Saint, we really have to be going. We have a lot more to do.
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Grover
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You can leave that sack here, Mr Pete. Just leave that sack here.
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Bert
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Grover.
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Grover
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Yes, Bert? What’s the matter?
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Bert
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You can’t say that.
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Grover |
Leave it here. The sack can stay here.
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Ernie
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Can I ask you something, Sinterklaas? They always say that you ride your white horse…
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Bert
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The “gray”…
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Ernie
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… over the rooftops. But…
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Bert
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Right… but, Sinterklaas…
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Ernie
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Let ME ask a question…
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Bert
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We want to sing a beautiful song for you. Fairly beautifully, Saint Nicholas. Dear Holy Man. Uhmmm…
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Pete
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Oh.
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Grover |
What are we going to sing?
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Bert
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Let’s see, what are we going to sing. You have to sing too, Ernie. Let’s sing something.
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Ernie
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But I only got a pencil.
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Bert
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That doesn’t matter. You could still sing.
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Grover
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I got a ball.
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Ernie
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But I wanted to know… how’s that possible? Riding a horse on the rooftops?
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Sinterklaas
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Uhm…
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Grover
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I do not know that either.
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Bert
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You can’t ask that, Ernie…
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Does Sinterklaas Know Much? (Weet Sinterklaas Veel)
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Ernie
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I just want to ask Sinterklaas a question. That’s allowed, right?
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Sinterklaas |
What did you want to ask, Ernie? Just ask.
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Ernie
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Well… Do you know much?
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Sinterklaas
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Uhm… No, Ernie. My memory is a sieve. I forget everything instantly.
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Bert
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But you know a lot about the children, right, Sinterklaas? The children in the Netherlands. You know a lot about them.
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Grover
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And about me?
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Sinterklaas
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Not much. Children think I know a lot about them, but I don’t. I know more about their parents.
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Ernie
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Can I ask another question? I was wondering, are you allowed to put a box by the fireplace instead of your shoes? Because a shoe can’t hold too much. A box would be handier.
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Sinterklaas
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No. You’re allowed to do it, but I prefer putting things in a shoe to putting them into a box. I prefer shoes.
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Ernie
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And can I ask… why don’t you know anything about children?
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Sinterklaas
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Well, I know more about parents. When parents have been naughty, I know that. I can hear all that. But I don’t know much about children. I’m a friend to children. I only remember nice things about the children.
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Bert
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But Ernie can be naughty…
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Ernie
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Oh, yeah, and you ate that chocolate pigeon all by yourself!
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Bert
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Quiet, Ernie! Quiet!
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Sinterklaas
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What’s the matter with that chocolate pigeon?
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Ernie
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Well, Bert had the chocolate pigeon…
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Bert
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… No!
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Ernie
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… and it was there for both of us, and he…
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Bert
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Shared it fairly. Right, Ernie?
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Ernie
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Fairly fairly.
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Sinterklaas
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Did Bert eat it alone?
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Grover
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Oooohh!
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Ernie
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Keeheehee.
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Bert
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Well, Sinterklaas…
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Sinterklaas
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Be honest.
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Bert
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I… I hadn’t read the note yet. I had finished the pigeon, and then I read the note, about having to share it. I couldn’t help it.
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Sinterklaas
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If you are friends, you have to share everything fairly. Even if you can’t read that on a note.
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Ernie
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Do you share everything with Pete, Sinterklaas?
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Sinterklaas
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Not quite.
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Pete
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No. I wouldn’t say that.
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Sinterklaas
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If I would share everything, the kids wouldn’t get anything. I do give the Petes as much as possible. But there must be something left for the children.
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Sing About Fun Things (Zingen Van Leuke Dingen)
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Sinterklaas
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Good, what shall we do? Pete, shall we go? Shall we take that sack along, Pete, or…? What shall we do?
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Grover
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Let’s sing something else! Let’s sing something!
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Bert
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Yes, yes, yes! What shall we sing about?
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Ernie
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Bert, we’re going to sing about fun things!
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Grover
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Oh, that is good. There are probably a lot of fun things in that sack, like chocolate letters or Christmas candy or electric trains…
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Bert
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And maybe a real pigeon loft…
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Ernie
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Let’s sing about fun things About rain, the sun and the moon
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Bert |
About pigeons and skating and jumping rope About apples and pears and bananas
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Ernie
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About you and me, and a little dance About coats and purses and tomatos
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Bert
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About cookies and booklets, a wasp and a bee
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Ernie |
Listen how well that goes…
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Bert
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There’s a bell on my bike You can’t see in the dark But then you’re comfy in bed
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Ernie
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And when I’m sad You won’t hear me Because I’ll be playing my bugle
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Bert
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Curtains and chairs
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Ernie
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Or playing sjoel
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Bert |
Or reading, that’s what I like
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Ernie
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But wash your hands first
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Bert
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And brush your teeth
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Ernie
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And there’s a rabbit walking outside
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Ernie
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Let’s sing about fun things About rain, the sun and the moon
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Bert |
About pigeons and skating and jumping rope About apples and pears and bananas
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Ernie
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About you and me, and a little dance About coats and purses and tomatos
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Bert
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About cookies and booklets, a wasp and a bee
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Ernie |
Listen how well that goes…
A ball and a box and a chicken and a cat
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Bert
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A vase, a cauliflower and a hat
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Ernie
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A tear in your pants and a jar of apple sauce
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Bert
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And a tissue in case you have to cry
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Ernie
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A bang
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Bert
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And a ball
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Ernie
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A balloon
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Bert |
And a barrel
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Ernie
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And a big blister on your foot
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Bert
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A boat sailing at sea
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Ernie
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Now you sing along
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Bert
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Because now you know how it goes
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Ernie
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Let’s sing about fun things About rain, the sun and the moon
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Bert |
About pigeons and skating and jumping rope About apples and pears and bananas
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Ernie
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About you and me, and a little dance About coats and purses and tomatos
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Bert
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About cookies and booklets, a wasp and a bee
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Ernie |
Listen how well that goes!
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Goodbye Sinterklaas (Sint En Piet Op Bezoek)
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Sinterklaas
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(applauds) Wonderful. Fantastic. Marvelous. Enormous.
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Pete
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(applauds) Pico bello. Now we have to go.
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Ernie
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But it’s not over yet. There are many more fun things to sing about. A flower and a cookie, and…
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Sinterklaas
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But listen.
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Bert
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And Grover didn’t sing along.
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Ernie
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You did, huh, kids at home?
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Grover
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No, but I was looking inside the sack while you were singing.
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Bert
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Grover!
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Grover
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What’s the matter, Bert? There’s a lot of…
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Ernie
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Quiet, Grover.
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Sinterklaas
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Bert and Ernie and Grover… We have to be going, because there’s many more children waiting for us.
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Pete
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And that sack…
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Bert
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The sack can stay here, right?
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Ernie
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Keeheehee.
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Grover
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I know what is in there.
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Ernie
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Sssshhh.
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Sinterklaas
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That sack is full of surprises for you. Especially for you. You were very happy with a few small things, so that’s why… who knows what kind of surprises are waiting inside this sack for you! Come on, Pete.
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Ernie
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Hooray!
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Pete
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But read the poems first. And now we have to go.
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Sinterklaas
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Yes, let’s leave. Goodbye.
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Grover
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Bye, Sinterklaas!
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Ernie
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Bye, Sinterklaas!
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Grover
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Let’s see what’s inside that sack!
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Ernie
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Sinterklaas looked a little bit like Uncle Rudolph.
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Grover
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The presents! THE PRESENTS!
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Ernie
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But let’s unwrap these presents now!
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(While Bert, Ernie and Grover fuss over the presents, the canon music starts again. The album ends with the three of them singing “Saint and Pete visit us” once more.)
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by Jogchem Jalink
