Do-Re-Mi

DO-RE-MI Hammerstein and Rodgers Julie Andrews 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!. (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! GRETL Doe! MARIA A deer, a female deer. TWO CHILDREN Ray! MARIA A drop of golden sun. THREE CHILDREN Me! MARIA A name I call myself. FOUR CHILDREN Far! MARIA A long, long way to run! ALL Sew, a needle pulling thread. La, a note to follow so. Tea, a drink with jam and bread. And that will bring us back to doe! CHILDREN A deer, a female deer. Ray, a drop of golden sun. Me, a name I call myself, Far, 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? CHILDREN So, do, la, fa, me, 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! 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! 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 so, 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! 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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? (C) So, do, la, fa, me, do, re. (M) So, do, la, ti, do, re, do. (C) So, do, la, ti, do, re, do. (M) Now, put it all together! (ALL) So, do, la, fa, me, do, re. So, do, la, ti, do, re, do! (M) Good! (C) But it doesn't mean anything! (M) So we put in words. One word for every note. Like this: (M) When you know the notes to sing, You can sing most anything! ALL (repeat chorus) 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 (Repeat Chorus) So, do, la, fa... Ti, doooooo... So, do! [pic]