Do Re Mi ======== w: Oscar Hammerstein II m: Richards Rodgers, 1959 From "The Sound of Music" [Lead-in] {Female lead:} 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? {Female lead:} Do re mi. The first three notes just happen to be do re mi! {Children:} Do re mi! {Female lead:} Do re mi fa so la ti....... {Female lead -- spoken:} All right, I'll make it easier. Listen: [Verse 1] {Female lead:} 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! [Verse 2] {Female lead:} (Doe...) a deer, s female deer, {Children -- spoken:} (Do!) {Female lead:} (Ray...) a drop of golden sun, {Children -- spoken:} (Re!) {Female lead:} (Me...) a name I call myself, {Children -- spoken:} (Mi!) {Female lead:} (Far...) a long, long way to run. {Children -- spoken:} (Fa!) {Female lead:} Sew... {Children:} a needle pulling thread, {Female lead:} La... {Children:} a note to follow sew, {Female lead:} Tea... {Children:} a drink with jam and bread {Female lead:} That will bring us back to... [Verse 3] {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 sew, Tea... a drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to doe! [Coda] Do re mi fa so la ti do! ===== Alternate lyrics for church play (author unknown): [Lead-in] {Female lead:} Let's start at the very beginning, A very good place to start; Well, you know that God made all you see, But the Bible tells us God loves me. {Children:} (God loves me.) {Female lead:} God loves me. The truth of it just happens to be: God loves me. {Children:} (God loves me.) {Female lead:} God loves me. God, Sin, Death, Christ, Love Faith, Hope. {Female lead -- spoken} Now, let's see if I can make it clearer! [Verse 1] {Female lead:} God, the one who made us all; Sin, we go our selfish way; Death, the price we pay for sin; Christ, God's one and only Son; Love, He died for you and me; Faith, the way we follow Him; Hope, we see the days ahead; That will take us home to God! (God, God, God.) [Verse 2] {Female lead:} (God,) the one who made us all; {Children -- spoken:} (God!) {Female lead:} (Sin,) we go our selfish way; {Children -- spoken:} (Sin!) {Female lead:} (Death,) the price we pay for sin; {Children -- spoken:} (Death!) {Female lead:} (Christ,) God's one and only Son; {Children -- spoken:} (Christ!) {Female lead:} Love, {Children:} He died for you and me; {Female lead:} Faith, {Children:} the way we follow Him; {Female lead:} Hope, {Children:} we see the days ahead; {Female lead:} That will take us home to... [Verse 3] {All:} God, the one who made us all; Sin, we go our selfish way; Death, the price we pay for sin; Christ, God's one and only Son; Love, He died for you and me; Faith, the way we follow Him; Hope, we see the days ahead; That will take us home to God! [Coda] God, Sin, Death, Christ, Love, Faith, Hope Joy! Love, God!