Original Broadway Cast of The Sound of Music
Processional
[NUNS]
Gaudeamus
Gaudeamus omnes in Domino
Diem festum celebrantes

How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbertigibbet?
A will-o'-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 stay
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?

Confitemini Domino (Confitemini Domino)
Quoniam bonus (Quoniam bonus)
Quoniam bonus (Quoniam bonus)
Quoniam in sæculum
Misericordia eius
Confitemini Domino (Confitemini Domino)
Quoniam bonus (Quoniam bonus)
Quoniam bonus (Quoniam bonus)
Quoniam in sæculum
Misericordia eius
Alleluia (Alleluia), alleluia
Alleluia (Alleluia), alleluia (Alleluia)
Alleluia (Alleluia), alleluia (Alleluia)
Alleluia, alleluia

Gaudeamus
Gaudeamus omnes in Domino
Diem festum celebrantes