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

Gretl :
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
Oh, let's see if I can make it easier... mmmm...

Chorus :
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 So
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
And that will bring us back to Do oh oh oh

Maria and children :
(Repeat chorus twice)

Maria :
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, So Do
Now, children, Do Re Mi Fa So 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...
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
Can you do that?

Children :
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re

Maria :
So Do La Ti Do Re Do

Children :
So Do La Ti Do Re Do
Good...

Brigitta :
But it doesn't mean anything

Maria :
So we put in words
One word for every note, like this:
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything

Together :
Maria and children
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything

Children :
Do Mi Mi, Mi So So, Re Fa Fa, La Ti Ti
(repeat this 4 times while Maria is singing:)

Maria :
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything

Maria :
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Ti Do

Children :
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re So Do La Fa La So Fa Mi Re Ti Do... So Do