Maria:
Let's start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with
Gretl:
ABC
Maria:
When you sing you begin with Do Re Mi
Children:
Do Re Mi
Maria :
Do Re Mi
The first three notes just happen to be
Do Re Mi
Children :
Do Re Mi
Maria:
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti
Oh, let's see if I can make it easier... mmmm...
Chorus
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 so
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
And that will bring us back to Do oh oh oh
Maria and children
(Repeat chorus twice)
Maria :
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, So Do
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
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 Good...
Brigitta :
But it doesn't mean anything
Maria :
So we put in words
One word for every note, like this:
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
Together
Maria and children
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
Children
Do Mi Mi, Mi So So, Re Fa Fa, La Ti Ti
(repeat this 4 times while Maria is singing:)
Maria :
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
Children
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
So Do La Fa La So Fa Mi Re Ti Do... So Do