Do-Re-Mi

MARIA
Let's start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with...

GRETL
A, B, C

MARIA
When you sing you begin with do re mi

CHILDREN
Do re mi

MARIA
The first three notes just happen to be do re mi

CHILDREN
Do re mi

MARIA
Do re mi fa so la ti...
(spoken)
Oh, let's see if I can make it easier.
(sung)
Do, a deer, a female deer
Re, a drop of golden sun
Mi, a name I call myself
Fa, a long, long way to run
So, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow so
Ti, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to do oh oh oh

(repeats twice with children)

(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 :
(sung)
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.

ALL
So do la fa mi do re so do la ti do re do

BRIGITTE
(spoken)
But it doesn't mean anything.

MARIA
(spoken)
So we put in words, one word for every note, like this :
(sung to the tune she has just taught the children)
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything

ALL
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything

Do, a deer, a female deer
Re, a drop of golden sun
Mi, a name I call myself
Fa, a long, long way to run
So, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow so
Ti, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to do
Do re mi fa so la ti
Do do mi la so fa mi me
Do mi mi
Mi so so
Re fa fa
La ti ti
Do mi mi
Mi so so
Re fa fa
La ti ti

MARIA
(children continue to repeat the note pattern above)
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most

ALL
Anything
Do, a deer, a female deer
Re, a drop of golden sun
Mi, a name I call myself
Fa, a long, long way to run
So, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow so
Ti, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to

MARIA
Do
Re
Mi
Fa
So
La
Ti

CHILDREN
(simultaneously)
So do la fa mi do re
So do la fa
La so
Fa
Mi re
Do
                
         MARIA        
               Do            
                   So do               
                                                                         
back to Sound of Music lyrics

main / shakespeare / people / movies / books / random / jokes / star trek
x-files / writing / quotes / poetry / tv shows / musicals