THE BOAT SCENE:
The Captain asks about his children's whereabouts after introducing them to Baroness Schraeder.
 
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Captain: | Now, Fraulein, I want a truthful answer from you
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Maria: | Yes, Captain?
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Captain: | Is it possible, or could I have just imagined it, have my children by any chance been climbing trees today?
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Maria: | Yes, Captain
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Captain: | I see, and where, may I ask, did they get these.. uhm...these...
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Maria: | Playclothes
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Captain: | Oh, is that what you call them?
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Maria: | I made them, from the drapes that used to hang in my bedroom
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Captain: | Drape?!
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Maria: | They still have plenty of wear left, the children have been everywhere in them
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Captain: | Do you mean to tell me that my children have been roaming about Salzburg dressed up in nothing but some old drapes?!
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Maria: | Mhmm, and having a marvelous time
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Captain: | They have uniforms
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Maria: | Oh straitjackets if you'll forgive me
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Captain: | I will not forgive you for that
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Maria: | Children cannot do all the things they're suppose to do if they have to worry about spoiling their precious clothes all the...
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Captain: | I haven't heard them complain yet
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Maria: | Well, they wouldn't t dare! They love you too much - they fear you too much...
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Captain: | I don't wish you to discuss my children in this manner
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Maria: | Well you've got to hear from someone, you're never home long enough to know them!
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Captain: | I said I don't want to hear any more from you about my children!
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Maria: | I know you don't but you've got to!
Now take Liesl...
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Captain: | You will not say one word about Liesl, Fraulein...
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Maria: | ...she's not a child anymore, one of these days you're gonna wake up and find she's a woman, you won't even know her! And Friedrich, he's a boy but he wants to be a man like you and there's no one to show him how...
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Captain: | Don't you dare tell me about my son!
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Maria: | Brigitta could tell you about him if you'd let her get close to you she notices everything...
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Captain: | Fraulein...
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Maria: | ... and Kurt pretends he's tough not to show how hurt he is when you brush him aside...
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Captain: | That will do
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Maria: | ...the way you do all of them. And Louisa I don't know about her...
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Captain: | I said, that will do!
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Maria: | ...but someone has to find out about her, and the little ones just want to be loved. Oh please, Captain, love them - love them all.
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Captain: | I don't care to hear anything further from you about my children!
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Maria: | I am not finished yet, Captain!
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Captain: | Oh, yes you are, Captain!
Fraulein...now, you will pack your things this minute and return to the abbey.
(He hears singing)
What's that?
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Maria: | It's singing
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Captain: | Yes I realize it's singing, but who is singing?
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Maria: | The children
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Captain: | The children?
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Maria: | I taught them something to sing for the Baroness
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