( The most beautiful sound I ever heard )

Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . .

( All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word )

Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . .

Maria, Maria . . .

Maria!

Ive just met a girl named Maria!

And suddenly that name will never be the same to me . . .

Maria!

Ive just kissed a girl named Maria!

And suddenly Ive found how wonderful a sound can be . . .

Maria!

Say it loud and theres music playin,

Say it soft and its almost like prayin,

Maria!

Ill never stop sayin Maria!

Maria!

Ive just kissed a girl named Maria!

And suddenly Ive found how wonderful a sound can be . . .

Maria!

Say it loud and theres music playin,

Say it soft and its almost like prayin,

Maria!

Ill never stop sayin Maria!

( The most beautiful sound I ever heard )

Maria!

( Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . . )



~ from the 1957 Broadway musical production "West Side Story"

Music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, 1957