# Old Sesame Street Song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sesame-street-song/1032192>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [August 6, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sesame-street-song/1032192 "2026-08-06T21:40:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sesame-street-song/1032192/1 "2026-08-06T21:40:53Z")

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I remember seeing it as a kid, but never saw it when my kids were watching in the early aughts. It started out with a hippie looking puppet going "bum bum; bum bum bum bum bum; bum bum bum BUM, bum bum bum bum. Others came and joined in; I remember Grover, and maybe Prairie Dawn. It isn’t Mahna Mahna.

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sesame-street-song/1032192/2 "2026-08-07T01:07:39Z")

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Maybe [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCBGxtIqvsg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCBGxtIqvsg)

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sesame-street-song/1032192/3 "2026-08-07T01:13:41Z")

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I think you got it! I knew the OP’s description of the song sounded familiar, but I had nothing.

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**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sesame-street-song/1032192/4 "2026-08-07T01:19:20Z")

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That’s it! I didn’t find it because I searched “bum, bum” instead of “bom, bom,” Of course it well over 50 years ago that I last saw it. When I was in Boy Scouts we’d sometimes sing it on hikes.