The Sound of Music

~ My favourite things ~

Green meadows
Skies full of stars
Raindrops on roses
And whiskers on kittens

Bright copper kettles
And warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages
Tied up with strings
These are a few of my favourite things
Cream-colored ponies
And crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleight bells
And schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly
With the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favourite things
Girls in white dresses
With blue satin sashes
Silver white winters
That melt into springs
These are a few of my favourite things
When the dogs bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favourite things
And I don't feel so bad

- Does it work ?
- Of course it does
- What things do you like ?
- Pussy willow !
- Christmas !
- Bunny rabbits !
- Snakes !
- Chocolate icing !
- No school !
- Pillow fights !
- Telegrams !
- Birthday present !
- Any presents !
- Ladybugs !
- A good sneeze !
- Gesundheit !
- See what fun it is ?

Raindrops on roses
And whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles
And warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages
Tied up with strings
These are a few of my favourite things
Cream-colored ponies
And crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleight bells
And schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly
With the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favourite things
Girls in white dresses
With blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay
On my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters
That melt into springs
These are a few of my favourite things
When the dog bite
Girls in white dresses
With blue satin sashes
When the dogs bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favourite things
And I don't feel so bad

~ The Lonely Goatherd ~

[Maria:]
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Lusty and clear from the goatherd's throat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

[the Children:]
O ho lay dee odl lee o, o ho lay dee odl ay
O ho lay dee odl lee o, lay dee odl lee o lay

[Maria:]
A prince on the bridge of a castle moat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo

[Kurt:]
Men on a road with a load to tote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

[the Children:]
Men in the midst of a table d'hote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo

[Maria:]
Men drinking beer with the foam afloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo

[Brigitta:]
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

[Maria:]
Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Maria and the Children:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

[Maria and the Children:]
Ummm (ummm) . . .
Odl lay ee (odl lay ee)
Odl lay hee hee (odl lay hee hee)
Odl lay ee . . .
. . . yodeling . . .

[Child:]
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard

[Maria:]
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hoo hoo

[Child:]
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd

[Maria:]
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

[Maria:]
Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hmm hmm
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

[Maria and the Children:]
Happy are they lay dee olay dee lee o . . .
. . . yodeling . . .
Soon the duet will become a trio

[Maria:]
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

[Maria and the Children:]
Odl lay ee, old lay ee
Odl lay hee hee, odl lay ee
Odl lay odl lay, odl lay odl lee, odl lay odl lee
Odl lay odl lay odl lay

HOO!

~ The Sound of Music ~

The hills are alive
With the sound of music,
With songs they have sung,
For a thousand years.
The hills fill my heart,
With the sound of music.

My heart wants to sing every song it hears.
My heart wants to beat like the wings
Of the birds that rise from the lake
To the trees.
My heart wants to sigh
Like a chime that flies
From a church on a breeze,
To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls
Over stones on its way,
To sing through the night,
Like a lark who is learning to pray.

I go to the hills
When my heart is lonely.
I know I will hear
What I heard before.
My heart will be blessed
With the sound of music
And I'll sing once more.

~ I Have Confidence ~

What will this day be like?
I wonder.
What will my future be?
I wonder.
It could be so exciting,
To be out in the world,
To be free!
My heart should be wildly rejoicing.
Oh, what's the matter with me?
I've always longed for adventure,
To do the things I've never dared.
Now here I'm facing adventure
Then why am I so scared?
A captain with seven children...
What's a fearsome about that?
Oh, I must stop these doubts,
All these worries.
If I don't I just know I'll turn back!
I must dream of the things I am seeking.
I am seeking the courage I lack.
The courage to serve them with reliance,
Face my mistakes without defiance.
Show them I'm worthy
And while I show them
I'll show me!
So, let them bring on all their problems,
I'll do better than my best.
I have confidence
They'll put me to the test!
But I'll make them see
I have confidence in me.
Somehow I will impress them.
I will be firm, but kind.
And all those children,
Heaven bless them
They will look up to me
And mind me!
With each step I am more certain,
Everything will turn out fine.
I have confidence,
The world can all be mine!
They'll have to agree
I have confidence in me.
I have confidence in sunshine,
I have confidence in rain.
I have confidence that spring will come again!
Besides, which you see
I have confidence in me.
Strength doesn't lie in numbers.
Strength doesn't lie in wealth,
Strength lies in nights of peaceful slumbers,
When you wake up, wake up!
It tells me all I trust I leave my heart to,
All I trust becomes my own!
I have confidence in confidence alone!
Besides, which you see,
I have confidence in me!

~ 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:
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.

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!

Gretl:
Doe!

Maria:
A deer, a female deer.

Two kids:
Ray!

Maria:
A drop of golden sun.

Three kids:
Me!

Maria:
A name I call myself.

Four kids:
Fa!

Maria:
A long, long way to run!

All:
Sew, a needle pulling thread.
La, a note to follow sew.
Tea, a drink with jam and bread.
And that will bring us back to doe!

Kids:
A deer, a female deer.
Ray, a drop of golden sun.
Me, a name I call myself,
Fa, a long, long way to run!

All:
Sew! A needle pulling thread.
La, a note to follow sew.
Tea, a drink with jam and bread!

Maria:
That will bring us back to doe!
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do!
So-do!

Now, children, Do-re-mi-fa-so
And so on, are only the tools you use to build a song.
Once you have these notes in your heads
You can sing a million diff'rent tunes by mixing them up.Like this:

So, do, la, fa, me, do, re.

Can you do that?

Kids:
So, do, la, fa, me, do, re.

Maria:
So, do, la, ti, do, re, do.

Kids:
So, do, la, ti, do, re, do.

Maria:
Now, put it all together!

All:
So, do, la, fa, me, do, re.
So, do, la, ti, do, re, do!

Maria:
Good!

Louisa:
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!

All:
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!
Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do
Do, si, 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
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
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!
Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do
So, do, la, fa...
Ti, doooooo...
So, do!

~ Edelweiss ~

Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white
Clean and bright
You look happy to meet me

Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever

~ So Long, Farewell ~

Children
There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say cuckoo

Marta, Gretl, Brigitta
Cuckoo, cuckoo

Children Marta, Gretl, Brigitta
Regretfully they tell us Cuckoo, cuckoo
But firmly they compel us Cuckoo, cuckoo
To say goodbye Cuckoo
To you...

Children
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night

Marta
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight

Children
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu

Friedrich
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu

Children
So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen

Liesl
I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne
Yes?

Captain
No!

Children
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good bye

Kurt
I leave and heave a sigh and say good bye
Goodbye...

Brigitta
I'm glad to go, I cannot tell a lie

Louisa
I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly

Gretl
The sun has gone to bed and so must I

Children
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good bye
Good bye, good bye, good bye...

Guests
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