The Vowels - The Sugarhill Gang

Yeah, haha

I like this groove

Yeah, I think this one is the one

Ay kids, this is a nice groove to learn how to spell on

And I’m gonna help you out, you know what I’m sayin'

Everybody gather round, come on, come on

Well I see everybody’s coolin' now

So let me tell you what this here song’s about

We’re gonna show you how to S-P-E-L-L

And when you finish this song you do it well

Come on, where do you start?

The alphabet!

Ay yo, where do you start?

The alphabet!

Now all you kids all across the land

Say your ABC’s like I know you can, come on

H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P

Q, R, S, T, U, V

W, X and Y and Z, come on

Now that you know, how it’s done

Get ready to spell like a champion

But there’s one more thing you need to do

To help make words you need vowels too

Name the vowels!

A, E, I, O, U

Name the vowels!

A, E, I, O, U

And what about Y?

A, E, I, O, U

Sometimes Y — A, E, I, O, U

Name the vowels!

A, E, I, O, U

Name the vowels!

A, E, I, O, U

And what about Y?

A, E, I, O, U

Sometimes Y — A, E, I, O, U

Now everybody spell 'cat': C-A-T

Now everybody spell 'rat': R-A-T

Now everybody spell 'bat': B-A-T

Now everybody spell 'hat': H-A-T

Now everybody spell 'big': B-I-G

Now everybody spell 'jig': J-I-G

Now everybody spell 'gig': G-I-G

Now everybody spell 'pig': P-I-G

Now everybody spell 'leg': L-E-G

Now everybody spell 'peg': P-E-G

Now everybody spell 'he': H-E

Now everybody spell 'we': W-E

Now everybody spell 'can': C-A-N

Now everybody spell 'man': M-A-N

Now everybody spell 'ham': H-A-M

Now everybody spell 'jam': J-A-M

Name the vowels!

A, E, I, O, U

Name the vowels!

A, E, I, O, U

And what about Y?

A, E, I, O, U

Sometimes Y — A, E, I, O, U

Name the vowels!

A, E, I, O, U

Name the vowels!

A, E, I, O, U

And what about Y?

A, E, I, O, U

Sometimes Y — A, E, I, O, U

Yeah, that’s it, that was it kids, everybody said it great

Thanks for coming out, you know what I’m sayin'

But right now our time is up, but, we will be back

We’ll be back, with some more sounds