Do-Re-Mi Complete Production Number Lyrics (Script) with instructions

Maria sings this song with the seven Von Trapp children. Choose a role before starting or ad lib through the number.


[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
[Maria] Do-re-mi, [Children]do-re-mi
[Maria]
Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti...

[spoken]
Oh, let's see if I can make it easier

[cascading intro]

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!

[Maria]	[Children shouting]
	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
Ti!	[Children singing]
	a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to
Do!	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
Sol, a needle pulling thread	Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sol	La, a note to follow Sew
Ti, a drink with jam and bread	Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do!	That will bring us back to Doe!
[2, 3, 4, rest]	[2, 3, 4, rest]
[Fast]Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do	[Fast]Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do
Sol-do!	Sol-do!

[Maria (spoken)]
Now children, do-re-mi-fa-sol 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] Sol Do La Fa Mi Do Re
[spoken] Can you do that?
[Children echo] So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
[Maria] Sol Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Children echo] So Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Maria (spoken)] Now, put it all together.
[Maria and Children] Sol Do La Fa Mi Do Re, Sol 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.

[Maria]
When you know the notes to sing,
You can sing most anything.
[spoken] Together!
[Maria and Children]
When you know the notes to sing,
You can sing most anything.

[Maria] Doe [held], [Children] a deer, a female deer
[Maria] Ray [held], [Children] a drop of golden sun
[Maria] Me [held], [Children] a name I call myself
[Maria] Far [held], [Children] a long, long way to run
[Maria] Sew [held], [Children] a needle pulling thread
[Maria] La [held], [Children] a note to follow Sew
[All] Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do!
[2, 3, 4, rest]

[Gretl (5)] Do
[Marta (7)] Re
[Brigitta (10)] Mi
[Kurt (11)] Fa
[Louisa (13)] Sol
[Friedrich (14)] La
[Liesl (16)] Ti
[Maria] Do
[Maria] Do
[Liesl (16)] Ti
[Friedrich (14)] La
[Louisa (13)] Sol
[Kurt (11)] Fa
[Brigitta (10)] Mi
[Marta (7)] Re

[Children on their respective notes like pipes]
Do Mi Mi
Mi Sol Sol
Re Fa Fa
La Ti Ti

[Twice as fast]
Do Mi Mi
Mi Sol Sol
Re Fa Fa
La Ti Ti

[Maria (slowly):]	[Children:]
When	Do Mi Mi
you	Mi Sol Sol
know	Re Fa Fa Fa
the	La Ti Ti
notes	Do Mi Mi
to	Mi Sol Sol
sing	Re Fa Fa Fa, La Ti Ti
You	Do Mi Mi
can	Mi Sol Sol
sing	Re Fa Fa Fa
most	La Ti Ti
an-	an-
y	y
thing.	thing.

[Maria exulting]	[Children singing]
Do!	Doe,
A deer! A fe...	a deer, a female deer
Re!	Ray,
A drop of...	a drop of golden sun
Mi!	Me,
	a name I call myself
[Singing].Far,	Far,
a long, long way to run	a long, long way to run
Sew,	Sew,
a needle pulling thread	a needle pulling thread
La,	La,
a note to follow Sol	a note to follow Sol
Tea,	Tea,
a drink with jam and bread	a drink with jam and bread
That will bring [rest] us [rest] back [rest] to [rest]	That will bring [rest] us [rest] back [rest] to [rest]
[Finale]
[Maria (slowly)]	[Children]
[low]Do	Sol Do
Re	La Fa
Mi	Mi Do
Fa	Re
So	Sol Do
La	La Fa [not Ti]
Ti_
______.	La Sol, Sol Fa, Fa* Re
Ti Do-oh-oh![do, sol, high do]	Ti Do [hold note]
	Sol Do!

*Mi is pronounced in the movie, but Fa is the note sung. Written Fa here to avoid confusion.