Do-Re-Mi

Let's start at the very beginning A very good place to start When you read, you begin with-- [LITTLE GIRL] A, be, see! [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 easy for you. Listen: 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 That will lead us back to Do, oh, oh, oh [WITH CHILDREN] 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 That will lead us back to Do Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do-- So-- Do Now, children, once you have these notes in your head, you can sing a million 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: [SUNG BY ALL] So, Do, La, Fa, Mi, Do, Re So, Do, La, Ti, Do, Re, Do [LITTLE GIRL] But it doesn't mean anything! [MARIA] So we put in words--one word for every note: [SUNG] When you know the notes to sing You can sing most an--why--thing. [SPOKEN] Together! [SUNG BY ALL] When you know the notes to sing You can sing most an--why--thing 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 That will lead us back to Do Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do-- So-- Do