Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? "Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?" is the theme song of the children's television series "Sesame Street". It is the oldest song in "Sesame Street's" history, dating back to the show's very beginning on November 10, 1969. The "Sesame Street" theme song was composed by Joe Raposo, a writer and composer of many of television shows' songs. The opening riff is a variation from the "Good Vibrations" song by The Beach Boys, which was released 3 years prior. In his book on the history of "Sesame
Get Up and Bar the Door Get Up and Bar the Door Get Up and Bar the Door is a medieval Scots ballad about a battle of wills between a husband and wife. It is Child ballad 275. According to Child, it was first published by David Herd. The song begins with the wife busy in her cooking and other chores. As the wind picks up, the husband tells her to close and bar the door. They make a pact that the next person who speaks must bar the door, and the door remains open. At midnight two thieves enter the house and eat the puddings