The King of Eight from Sesame Street

Transcript

 * (Trumpet sounding),
 * Narrator: Once upon a time in the land of eight,
 * Narrator: There stood a castle, very eight,
 * Narrator: And eight flags waved in the air,
 * Narrator: For the king of eight, had put them there.
 * (Trumpet sounding again),
 * The King of Eight: I'm the king of eight, and I'm here to state,
 * The King of Eight: That everything here has to total eight,
 * The King of Eight: The guards, for instance, by the gate,
 * The King of Eight: Must always number exactly eight,
 * Guards: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
 * The King of Eight: In my castle in back of me,
 * The King of Eight: Are eight windows, you can see,
 * The King of Eight: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
 * (Close the window shut),
 * The King of Eight: In those windows are my daughters,
 * The King of Eight: Show yourselves, my dears,
 * Daughters: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
 * The King of Eight: Each daughters has a silver crown,
 * The King of Eight: With eight jewels, going 'round,
 * Daughters: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
 * The King of Eight: So I love eight, eight is great,
 * The King of Eight: Eight is the number I do not--
 * Jester: Wait!
 * Jester: Important news comes from the queen,
 * Jester: A new baby, and I have seen,
 * Jester: That she is well and doing fine,
 * The King of Eight: good grief, it's princess number nine,
 * (Eight is crushing down with jester),