Do-Re-Mi



Let's start at the very beginning

A very good place to start

When you read you begin with A-B-C

When you sing you begin with do-re-mi



Do-re-mi, do-re-mi

The first three notes just happen to be

Do-re-mi, do-re-mi



Maria:

Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti

spoken Let's see if I can make it easy



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)



Maria and Children:

(Repeat above verse twice)



Maria:

Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do

So-do!



Maria:(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.



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.



Maria and Children:

So Do La Fa Mi Do Re, So Do La Ti Do Re Do

Maria:

spoken Good!

Brigitta:

spoken But it doesn't mean anything.

Maria:

spoken So we put in words. One word for every note. Like this.



When you know the notes to sing

You can sing most anything

spoken Together!



Maria and Children:

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



Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do

Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re



Children:

Do Mi Mi

Mi So So

Re Fa Fa

La Ti Ti

(Repeat above verse 4x as Maria sings)



Maria:

When you know the notes to sing

You can sing most anything



Maria and 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

Sew, a needle pulling thread

La, a note to follow Sew

Tea, a drink with jam and bread

That will bring us back to



Maria:

Children:



Do . . . So Do

Re . . . La Fa

Mi . . . Mi Do

Fa . . . Re

So . . . So Do

La . . . La Fa

Ti . . . La So Fa Mi Re

Ti Do - oh - oh Ti Do -- So Do





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



the Children:

HOO!