[Intro: Maria (Children)]
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)
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti
Let’s see if I can make it easier…
[Verse 1: Maria (Children)]
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
So, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow so
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
(So- a needle pulling thread)
(La) – a note to follow so
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 so
Ti – a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do)
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do Sol Do!
[Break]
Now children, Do Re Mi Fa Sol and so on are natur’ly the tunes we use
To build a song once you have these notes in your head you can sing
A million diff’rent tune by mixin’ them up, like this:
Sol Do La Fa Mi Do Re
Can you do that?
[CHILDREN][Chorus:]
Sol Do La Fa Mi Do Re
[MARIA][Chorus]
[CHILDREN][Chorus]
[MARIA AND CHILDREN:]
Now let’s put it all together
Sol Do La Fa Mi Do Re
Sol Do La Ti Do Re Do
[MARIA:]
Good!
[CHILD:]
But it doesn’t mean anything
[MARIA:]
So we put in words
One word for ev’ry 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
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 so
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 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 so
Ti – a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to
Sol Do La Fa Mi Do Re
Sol Do La Fa La Sol Fa Ti Re Ti Do
Sol Do