Do-re-mi Lyrics

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!