
Track Title:               Do-Re-Mi


Prime Artist:              Julie Andrews
Music by:                  Richard Rodgers
Music by:                  Lorenz Hart

From the Show:             The Sound Of Music  1959 (S)  1965 (M)
From the Film:             The Sound Of Music  1959 (S)  1965 (M)


Lyrics:

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

[Gretel]
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!.
[spoken]
Oh, let's see if I can make it easier.
[sung]
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!

[Gretel]
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!
[spoken]
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:
[sung] So, do, la, fa, me, do, re.
[Spoken]
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]
[spoken] Now, put it all together!

[All]

[sung] So, do, la, fa, me, do, re.
So, do, la, ti, do, re, do!

[Maria]
[spoken] Good!

[Louisa]
But it doesn't mean anything!

[Maria]
So we put in words.
One word for every note.
Like this:
[sung] When you know the notes to sing,
You can sing most anything! [Together]

[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!

Contributed by Carlene Bogle
<Piscescar9@cs.com>

www.thepeaches.com/music/

