SOUND OF MUSIC





DO-RE-MI
Let's start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with A-B-C
When you sing you begin with do-re-mi

Do-re-mi, Do-re-mi
The first three notes just happen to be
Do-re-mi, do-re-mi

Maria:
Do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti
(spoken) Let's see if I can make it easy

Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long, long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sew
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do (oh, oh oh)

Maria&Children:
(repeat above verse twice)

Maria:
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do
So-Do!

Maria:
(spoken)
Now children, do-re-mi-fa-so and so on, are only the tools we use to build a song. Once you have these notes in your heads, you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up. Like this...

So-do-la-fa-mi-do-re
(spoken) Can you do that?

Children:
So-do-la-fa-mi-do-re

Maria:
So-do-la-ti-do-re-do

Children:
So-do-la-ti-do-re-do

Maria:
(spoken) Now, put it all together

Maria&Children:
So-do-la-fa-mi-do-re, So-do-la-ti-do-re-do

Maria:
(spoken) Good!

Brigitta:
(spoken) But it doesn't mean anything

Maria:
(spoken) So, we put in words. One word for every note. Like this...

When you know that notes to sing. You can sing most anything.
(spoken) Together!

Maria&Children:
When you know the notes to sing. You can sing most anything.

Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sum
Mi, a name I call myself
Far, a long long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sew
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Doe

Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do
Do-Ti-La-So-Fa-Mi-Re






Children:
Do Mi Mi
Mi So So
Re Fa Fa
La Ti Ti
(repeat above verse 4x, as Maria sings)

Maria:
When you know the notes to sing. You can sing most anything.

Maria&Children:
Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow sew
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to

Maria:
Children:
Do...
So Do
Re...
La Fa
Mi...
Mi Do
Fa...
Re
So...
So Do
La...
La Fa
Ti...
La So Fa Mi Re
Ti Do-oh-oh
Ti Do--So Do
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