in 1971, one of the irish rovers sings the song in one sketch as part of one of the episodes of "the irish rovers show". little richard performed a rock-and-roll version of the song as a guest on a 1995 episode of "sesame street". bob mcgrath recorded the song in his album, "bob's favorite street songs". the song made a brief appearance in a scene in "three men and a little lady", and during an episode of "whose line is it anyway?" daveed diggs, in costume as mr. noodle's brother mr. noodle, performed a hip-hop infused version on sesame street's youtube channel.