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, spoken] 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) 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 [CHILDREN] Do [MARIA] A deer, a female deer [CHILDREN] Re [MARIA] A drop of golden sun [CHILDREN] Mi [MARIA] A name I call myself [CHILDREN] Fa [MARIA] A long, long way to run [MARIA & CHILDREN] So, a needle pulling thread La [MARIA] A note to follow so Ti [CHILDREN] A drink with jam and bread [MARIA] That will bring us back to do [CHILDREN] 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 [MARIA & CHILDREN] La, a note to follow so Ti, a drink with jam and bread [MARIA] That will bring us back to do Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do, so-do [MARIA, spoken] Now children, do, re, mi, fa, so, 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 (sung) So, do, la, fa, mi, do, re (spoken) Can you do that? [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, spoken] Now put it all together [MARIA & CHILDREN, sung] So, do, la, fa, mi, do, re So, do, la, ti, do, re, do [MARIA, spoken] Good [BRIGITTA, spoken] But it doesn't mean anything [MARIA, spoken] 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 (spoken) Together [MARIA & 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 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 Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do Do, ti, 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 (Do, mi-mi) You (Mi, so-so) Know (Re, fa-fa) The (La, ti-ti) Notes (Do, mi-mi) To (Mi, so-so) Sing (Re, fa-fa) (La, ti-ti) You (La, ti-ti) Can (Mi, so-so) Sing (Re, fa-fa) Most (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 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 (So, do) Re (La, fa) Mi (Mi, do) Fa (Re) So (So, do) La (La, fa) Ti (La-so, fa, mi-re) Ti, do (So, do)