Mary Martin - 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-- Come, I'll make it easy for you. Listen: 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 lead us back to Do, oh, oh, oh MARIA & 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 So Tea, a drink with jam and bread That will lead us back to Do Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do-- So-- Do MARIA Now, children, once you have these notes in your head, you can sing a Million tunes by mixing them up--like this: So, Do, La, Fa, Mi, Do, Re... Now you do it 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 let's put it all together: MARIA & CHILDREN So, Do, La, Fa, Mi, Do, Re So, Do, La, Ti, Do, Re, Do BRIGITTA But it doesn't mean anything! MARIA So we put in words--one word for every note: When you know the notes to sing You can sing most an--y--thing. Together! MARIA & CHILDREN When you know the notes to sing You can sing most an--y--thing 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 lead us back to Do Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do-- So-- Do