Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Music: Richard Rodgers
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
Children: Do-Re-Mi
Do-Re-Mi
The first three notes just happen to be
Do-Re-Mi
Children: Do-Re-Mi
Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti
Oh, let's see if I can make it easier
Do, a deer, a female deer
Re, a drop of golden sun
Mi, a name, I call myself
Fa, a long long way to run
Sol, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sol
Ti, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do, oh, oh, oh
Do, a deer, a female deer
Re, a drop of golden sun
Mi, a name, I call myself
Fa, a long long way to run
Sol, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sol
Ti, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to
Do, a deer, a female deer
Re, a drop of golden sun
Mi, a name, I call myself
Fa, a long long way to run
Sol, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sol
Ti, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do
Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do, Sol-Do!
Maria: Now, children, Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol 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:
Sol-Do-La-Fa-Mi-Do-Re
Can you do that?
Children: Sol-Do-La-Fa-Mi-Do-Re
Maria: Sol-Do-La-Ti-Do-Re-Do
Children: Sol-Do-La-Ti-Do-Re-Do
Maria: Now put it all together
Sol-Do-La-Fa-Mi-Do-Re
Sol-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
Maria: Together!
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
Do, a deer, a female deer
Re, a drop of golden sun
Mi, a name, I call myself
Fa, a long long way to run
Sol, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sol
Ti, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do
Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do
Do, Ti, La, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re
Do-Mi-Mi
Mi-Sol-Sol
Re-Fa-Fa
La-Ti-Ti
Do-Mi-Mi
Mi-Sol-Sol
Re-Fa-Fa
La-Ti-Ti
When you know the
(Do-Mi-Mi, Mi-Sol-Sol, Re-Fa-Fa, La-Ti-Ti)
Notes to sing
(Do-Mi-Mi, Mi-Sol-Sol, Re-Fa-Fa, La-Ti-Ti)
You can sing most
(Do-Mi-Mi, Mi-Sol-Sol, Re-Fa-Fa, La-Ti-Ti)
Anything
Do, a deer, a female deer
Re, a drop of golden sun
Mi, a name, I call myself
Fa, a long long way to run
Sol, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sol
Ti, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to
Do (Sol-Do)
Re (La-Fa)
Mi (Mi-Do)
Fa (Re)
Sol (Sol-Do)
La (La-Fa)
Ti (La-Sol, Fa, Mi-Re)
Ti, Do~
Sol-Do!