Do-Re-Mi

Julie Andrews
The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)

Let's start at the very beginningA very good place to startWhen you read you begin with A-B-CWhen you sing you begin with do-re-mi

Do-re-mi, do-re-miThe first three notes just happen to beDo-re-mi, do-re-mi

Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-tiOh, let's see if I can make it easy

Doe, a deer, a female deerRay, a drop of golden sunMe, a name I call myselfFar, a long, long way to runSew, a needle pulling threadLa, a note to follow sewTea, a drink with jam and breadThat will bring us back to Do (oh-oh-oh)

(Doe), a deer, a female deer(Ray), a drop of golden sun(Me), a name I call myself(Far), a long, long way to runSew, a needle pulling threadLa, a note to follow SewTea, (a drink with jam and bread)That will bring us back to doe

A dear, a female dearRay, a drop o golden sunMe, a name I call myselfFar, a long, long way to runSew, a needle pulling threadLa, a note to follow sewTea, a drink with jam and breadThat will bring us back to do

Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-doSo-do!

Now children, do-re-mi-fa-so and so onAre only the tools we use to build a songOnce you have these notes in your headsYou can sing a million different tunes by mixing them upLike this

So-Do-La-Fa-Mi-Do-ReCan you do that?So-Do-La-Fa-Mi-Do-ReSo-Do-La-Ti-Do-Re-DoSo-Do-La-Ti-Do-Re-DoNow, put it all together

So-Do-La-Fa-Mi-Do-ReSo-Do-La-Ti-Do-Re DoGood!But it doesn't mean anythingSo we put in words. One word for every note. Like this

When you know the notes to singYou can sing most anythingTogether!When you know the notes to singYou can sing most anything

Doe, a deer, a female deerRay, a drop of golden sunMe, a name I call myselfFar, a long, long way to runSew, a needle pulling threadLa, a note to follow sewTea, a drink with jam and breadThat will bring us back to do

Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-DoDo-Ti-La-So-Fa-Mi-ReDo-Mi-MiMi-So-SoRe-Fa-FaLa-Ti-TiDo-Mi-MiMi-So-SoRe-Fa-FaLa-Ti-Ti

When you know the notes to singYou can sing most anything

Doe, a deer, a female deerRay, a drop of golden sunMe, a name I call myselfFar, a long, long way to runSew, a needle pulling threadLa, a note to follow sewTea, a drink with jam and breadThat 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-ReTi Do - oh - oh So-Do