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

Child (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 hmmm:
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
That will bring us back to do oh oh oh

Child:
Do

Maria:
A deer, a female deer

Children:
Ray

Maria:
A drop of golden sun

Children:
Me

Maria:
A name I call myself

Children:
Far

Maria:
A long long way to run

All:
Sew- a needle pulling thread
La

Maria:
A note to follow so
Tea

Children:
A drink with jam and bread

Maria:
That will bring us back to do

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

All:
Sew- a needle pulling thread
La- a note to follow so
Tea- a drink with jam and bread

Maria:
That will bring us back to do
Do re mi fa so la te do so do

Now children do re mi fa so and so on
Are only the tools we use to build a song
Onces you have these notes in your head
You can sing a million different tones 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

Maria:
Now put it all together

All:
So do la fa mi do re, so do la ti do re do

Maria:
Good

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

Maria:
So we put in the words.
One word per every note.
Like this:
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
Together:

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

Gretl & Maria:
Dooooooe

All:
A deer, a female deer

Marta:
Raaay

All:
A drop of golden sun

Brigitta:
Meee

All:
A name I call myself

Kurt:
Faaar

All:
A long long way to run

Louisa:
Seeew

All:
A needle pulling thread

Friedrich:
Laaaa

All:
A note to follow so

Liesl:
Teeea

All:
A drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to dooo

Do re mi fa so la ti do do ti la so fa mi re
Do mi mi
Mi so so
Re fa fa
La ti ti

Do mi mi)
Mi so so)
Re fa fa)
La ti ti)

Do mi mi)
Mi so so) When you know the
Re fa fa)
La ti ti)

Do mi mi)
Mi so so) notes to sing
Re fa fa)
La ti ti)

Do mi mi)
Mi so so) You can sing most
Re fa fa)
La ti ti)

All:
Anything things

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
That will bring us back to
So do la fa mi do re (Maria goes up scale DoReMeFa)
So do la fa (Maria SoLTiiiii) (la sooooo) (ti faaaa) (mi reeee) ti dooooo
So do


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    Such a cute little song about learning one of the basics of music.

    MayorMenleyon December 04, 2004   Link

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