[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)
Come, I'll make it easier for you
Listen
(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 mysеlf

[CHILDREN]
Fa

[MARIA]
A long, long way to run

So

[MARIA & CHILDREN]
A needle pulling thread

[MARIA]
La

[CHILDREN]
A note to follow So

[MARIA]
Ti

[CHILDREN]
A drink with jam and brеad
[MARIA]
That will bring us back to

[CHILDREN]
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

[MARIA & CHILDREN]
So, a needle pulling thread
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

[MARIA & CHILDREN]
So-Do

[MARIA, spoken]
Now children, once you have these notes in your head, you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up like this. 

(sung)
So, Do, La, Fa, Mi, Do, Re

(spoken)
Now you do it

[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 let's put it all together

[MARIA & CHILDREN, sung]
So, Do, La, Fa, Mi, Do, Re
So, Do, La, Ti, Do, Re, Do

[BRIGITTA, spoken]
But it doesn't mean anything. 

[MARIA, spoken]
So we put in words, one word for every note. 

(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

[MARIA]
Do

[CHILDREN]
A deer, a female deer

[MARIA]
Re

[CHILDREN]
A drop of golden sun

[MARIA]
Mi

[CHILDREN]
A name, I call myself

[MARIA]
Fa

[CHILDREN]
A long, long way to run

[MARIA & CHILDREN]
So, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow So
Ti, a drink with jam and bread

[MARIA]
That will bring us back to Do

[CHILDREN]
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

[MARIA & (CHILDREN)]
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)

[MARIA & CHILDREN]
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

[MARIA]
So, a needle pulling thread

[CHILDREN]
A needle pulling thread

[MARIA]
La, a note to follow So

[CHILDREN]
A note to follow So

[MARIA]
Ti, a drink with jam and bread

[CHILDREN]
Jam and bread

[MARIA]
That will bring us back to Do

[MARIA & CHILDREN]
That will bring us back to

[MARIA]
Do, Ti, La, So, Fa, Mi, Re, Do

[CHILDREN]
Do