Maria

Berthe:
She climbs a tree
And scrapes her knee
Her dress has got a tear.

Sophia:
She waltzes on her way to mass
And whistles on the stair.

Berthe:
And underneath her wimple
She has curlers in her hair!

Sophia:
Maria's not an asset to the abbey.

Berthe:
She's always late for chapel,

Margaretta:
But her penitence is real.

Berthe:
She's always late for everything,
Except for every meal.

Mother Abbess:
From all of which, I take it,
That you very firmly feel

Berthe and Sophia:
Maria's not an asset to the abbey!

  Margaretta:
I'd like to say a word in her behalf.
Maria makes me laugh!

Sophia:
How do you solve a problem like Maria?

Mother Abbess:
How do you catch a cloud and bring it down?

Margaretta:
How do you find a word that means Maria?

Berthe:
A flibbertigibbet!

Sophia:
A willo' the wisp!

Margaretta:
A clown!

Mother Abbess:
Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her,
Many a thing she ought to understand.

Margaretta:
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say,

Mother Abbess:
  How do you keep a wave upon the sand?

    Margaretta:
Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?

Mother Abbess:
    How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?

 Margaretta:
When I'm dazed and confused,
Out of focus and bemused,
And I never know exactly where I am.

Sophia:
Unpredictable as weather,
She's as flighty as a feather,

Margaretta:
She's a darling,

Berthe:
She's a demon,

Margaretta:
She's a lamb.

Sophia:
She'd out-pester any pest,
Drive a hornet from his nest,

Berthe:
She could throw a whirling dervish
Out of whirl.

Margaretta:
She is gentle,
She is wild,

Sophia:
She's a riddle.

Margaretta:
She's a child.

Berthe:
She's a headache!

Margaretta:
She's an angel!

Mother Abbess:
She's a girl.

All:
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a clown and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbertigibbet!
A willo' the wisp!
A clown!
Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her,
Many a thing she ought to understand.
But how do you make her say,
And listen to all you say?
How do you keep a wave upon the sand?
Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?

My Favorite Things

Raindrops on roses,
And whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles
And warm woolen mittens.
Brown paper packages
Tied up with string,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Cream colored ponies,
And crisp apple strudel.
Doorbells and sleighbells
And schnitzel with noodles,
Wild geese that fly
With the moon on their wings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes,
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes,
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things.
When the dog bites,
When the bee stings,
When I'm feeling sad.
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad!

Sixteen Going on Seventeen

Rolf
You wait, little girl, on an empty stage
For fate to turn the light on
Your life little girl is an empty page
That men will want to write on

Liesel
To write on

Rolf
You are sixteen going on seventeen
Baby, it's time to think
Better beware...be canny and careful
Baby, you're on the brink
You are sixteen going on seventeen
Fellows will fall in line
Eager young lads and rogues and cads
Offer you food and wine
Totally unprepared are you to face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared are you
Of things beyond your ken
You'll need someone older and wiser
Telling you what to do,
I am seventeen going on eighteen
I'll take care of you!

Liesel
I am sixteen going seventeen
I know that I'm naive
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet
And willingly I believe
I am sixteen going seventeen
Innocent as a rose
Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies
What do I know of those?
Totally unprepared am I to face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared am I
Of things beyond my ken
I need someone older and wiser
Telling me what to do,
You are seventeen going on eighteen
I'll depend on you!

Something Good

Maria:
Perhaps I had a wicked childhood,
Perhaps I had a miserable youth.
But somewhere in my wicked, miserable past
There must've been a moment of truth.
For here you are, standing there,
Loving me.
Whether or not you should.
So, somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good.
Nothing comes from nothing
Nothing ever could
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good

Captain:
                                    So here you are standing there loving me
Whether or not you should

Maria:
So, somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good

Both:
Nothing comes from nothing
Nothing ever could

Maria:
So somewhere in my youth...

Captain:
...Or childhood

  Maria:
I must have done something...

Both:
...Something good

The Sound of Music*

The hills are alive with the sound of music
With songs they have sung for a thousand years
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music
My heart wants to sing every song it hears

My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds
that rise from the lake to the trees
My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies
from a church on a breeze
To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over
stones on its way
To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray

I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music
And I'll sing once more

Climb Every Mountain

Climb ev'ry mountain
Search high and low
Follow every byway
Every path you know.

Climb ev'ry mountain
Ford every stream
Follow every rainbow
Till you find your dream.

A dream that will need
All the love you can give
Every day of your life
For as long as you live.

Climb ev'ry mountain
Ford every stream
Follow every rainbow
Till you find your dream

A dream that will need
All the love you can give
Every day of your life
For as long as you need
Climb ev'ry mountain
Ford every stream
      Follow every rainbow
Till... you... find... your...dream!

Do-Re-Mi

Maria:
Let's start at the very beginning.
A very good place to start. 
When you read you begin with

Gretel:
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!

Gretel:
Doe!

Maria:
A deer, a female deer.

Two kids:
Ray!

Maria:
A drop of golden sun.

Three kids:
Me!

Maria:
    A name I call myself.

Four kids:
Fa!

Maria:
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.
And that will bring us back to doe!

Kids:
A deer, a female deer.
Ray, a drop of golden sun.
Me, a name I call myself,
Fa, 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?

Kids:
             So, do, la, fa, me, do, re.

Maria:
So, do, la, ti, do, re, do.

Kids:
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! [Together]

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 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!

Edelweiss

Edelweiss...
Edelweiss...
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever...
Edelweiss...
Edelweiss...
Bless my homeland forever...
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever...
Edelweiss...
Edelweiss...
Bless my homeland forever...

I Have Confidence
 

What will this day be like?
I wonder.
What will my future be?
I wonder.
It could be so exciting,
To be out in the world,
To be free!
My heart should be wildly rejoicing.
Oh, what's the matter with me?
I've always longed for adventure,
To do the things I've never dared.
Now here I'm facing adventure
Then why am I so scared?
A captain with seven children...
What's a fearsome about that?
Oh, I must stop these doubts,
All these worries.
If I don't I just know I'll turn back!
I must dream of the things I am seeking.
I am seeking the courage I lack.
The courage to serve them with reliance,
Face my mistakes without defiance.
Show them I'm worthy
And while I show them
I'll show me!
So, let them bring on all their problems,
I'll do better than my best.
I have confidence
They'll put me to the test!
But I'll make them see
I have confidence in me.
Somehow I will impress them.
I will be firm, but kind.
And all those children,
Heaven bless them
They will look up to me
And mind me!
With each step I am more certain,
Everything will turn out fine.
I have confidence,
The world can all be mine!
They'll have to agree
I have confidence in me.
I have confidence in sunshine,
I have confidence in rain.
I have confidence that spring will come again!
Besides, which you see
I have confidence in me.
Strength doesn't lie in numbers.
Strength doesn't lie in wealth,
Strength lies in nights of peaceful slumbers,
When you wake up, wake up!
It tells me all I trust I leave my heart to,
All I trust becomes my own!
I have confidence in confidence alone!
Besides, which you see,
I have confidence in me!

Lonely Goatherd

Maria:
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Lusty and clear from the goatherd's throat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Children:
O ho lay dee odl lee o, o ho lay dee odl ay
O ho lay dee odl lee o, lay dee odl lee o lay

Maria:
A prince on the bridge of a castle moat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo

Kurt:
Men on a road with a load to tote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Children:
Men in the midst of a table d'hote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo

Maria:
Men drinking beer with the foam afloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo

Brigitta:
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Maria:
Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
What a duet for a girl and goatherd

All:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
Ummm (ummm) . . .
Odl lay ee (odl lay ee)
Odl lay hee hee (odl lay hee hee)
Odl lay ee . . .

Brigitta:
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard

Maria:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hoo hoo

Brigitta:
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd

Maria:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Maria:
Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hmm hmm
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

All:
Happy are they lay dee olay dee lee o . . .
. . . yodeling . . .
Soon the duet will become a trio

Maria:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

All:
Odl lay ee, old lay ee
Odl lay hee hee, odl lay ee
Odl lay odl lay, odl lay odl lee, odl lay odl lee
Odl lay odl lay odl lay

Children:
HOO!