1965 Sound of music
 - Do-Re-Mi -

Maria: What songs do you know?
Friedrich: We don't know any songs.
Maria: Not any?
Louisa: We don't even know how to sing.
Brigitta: No.
Maria: Well, let's not lose any time. You must learn.
Gretel: But how?

Maria: 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
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)

Maria and Children: (Repeat above verse twice)

Maria: Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do
So-Do!
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
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.

Maria and Children: So Do La Fa Mi Do Re, So Do La Ti Do Re Do
Maria: Good!
Brigitta: 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
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
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