Songs and Lyrics from The Sound of Music

The hills are alive with the sound of music 
With songs they have sung for a thousand years 
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music 
My heart wants to sing every song it hears 

My heart wants to beat like the wings of a bird 
That rise from the lake to the trees 
My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies 
From a church on a breeze 
To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls 
Over stones on its way To sing through the night 
Like a lark who is learning to pray 

I go to the hills when my heart is lonely 
I know I will hear what I heard before 
My heart will be blessed 
With the sound of music 
And I'll sing once more

Berthe: She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee; her dress has got a tear 
Sophia: She waltzes on her way to mass and whistles on the stairs 
Berthe: And underneath her wimple she has curlers in her hair
Catherine: I've even heard her singing in the abbey 
Agatha: She's always late for chapel 
Sophia: But her penitence is real 
Berthe: She's always late for everything! 
Catherine: Except for every meal 
Berthe: I hate to have to say it, but I very firmly feel 
All four: Maria's not an asset to the abbey 
Margaretta: I'd like to say a word in her behalf 
R. Mother: Then say it Sister Margaretta 
Margaretta: Maria makes me laugh! 
R. Mother: How do you solve a problem like Maria How do you catch a cloud and pin it down 
Margaretta: How do you find the word that means Maria
Catherine: A flibbertigibbet 
Sophia: A willow the wisp 
Berthe: A clown 
R. Mother: Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her Many a thing she ought to understand 
Berthe: But how do you make her stay and listen to all you say 
R. Mother: How do you keep a wave upon the sand 
Margaretta: How do you solve a problem like Maria 
R. Mother: How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand
Sophia: When I'm with her I'm confused, out of focus and bemused, and I never know exactly where I am... 
Agatha: Unpredictable as weather 
Catherine: She is flightly as a feather 
Margaretta: She's a darling 
Berthe: She's a demon 
Margaretta: She's a lamb 
Sophia: She'd out pester any pest; drive a hornet from it's nest 
Agatha: She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl 
Margaretta: She is gentle; she is wild 
Catherine: She's a riddle; she's a child 
Berthe: She's a headache 
Margaretta: She's an angel 
R. Mother: She's a girl... 
All: How do solve a problem like Maria How do you catch a cloud and pin it down How do you find the word that means Maria 
Catherine: A flibbertigibbet 
Margaretta & Sophia: A willow the wisp 
Berthe: A clown 
All: Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her Many a thing she ought to understand 
R. Mother: But how do you make her stay 
Berthe: And listen to all you say 
Margaretta: How do you keep a wave upon the sand 
All: Oh how do you solve a problem like Maria... How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand.

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens 
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens 
Brown paper packages tied up with strings 
These are a few of my favorite things 

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels 
Doorbells and sleighbells 
And schnitzel with noodles 
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings 
These are a few of my favorite things 

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes 
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes 
Silver white winter that melts into spring 
These are a few of my favorite things 

When the dog bites 
When the bee stings 
When I'm feeling sad 
I simply remember my favorite things 
And then I don't feel...so bad

Let's start at the very beginning 
A very good place to start 
When you read you begin with - A - B - C 
When you sing you begin with DO - RE - MI 
DO - RE - MI , DO - RE - MI 
The first three notes just happen to be 
DO - RE - MI DO - RE - MI 
DO - RE - MI - FA - SO - LA - TI... 
(Oh let's see if I can make this easier) 
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...
DO - RE - MI - FA - SO - LA - TI - DO! - SO - DO!

Rolfe: You wait little girl on an empty stage
For fate to turn the light on Your life little girl is an empty page
That men will want to write on

Liesl: To write on...

Rolfe: You are sixteen going on seventeen, baby it's time to think
Better beware, be canny and careful, baby you're on the brink
You are sixteen going on seventeen, fellows will fall in line Eager young lads, and roues and cads
Will offer you food and wine
Totally unprepared are you, to face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared are you, of things beyond your ken
You need someone older and wiser, telling you what to do I am seventeen going on eighteen, I'll take care of you

Liesl: I am sixteen going on seventeen, I know that I'm naive
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet, and willingly I believe I am sixteen going on seventeen, innocent as a rose
Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies, what do I know of those
Totally unprepared am I, to face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared am I, of things beyond my ken I need someone older and wiser, telling me what to do
You are seventeen going on eighteen, I'll depend on you

High on a hill was a lonely goatherd,
lay odl lay odl lay hee hoo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd,
lay odl lay odl loo
Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Lay odl lay odl lay hee hoo
Lusty and clear from the goatherd's throat heard
Lay odl lay odl loo...
Ho ho lady odlee ho, ho ho lady odl lay
Ho ho lady odl lee ho, lady odl lee ho lay
A prince on a bridge of a castle moat heard
Lay odl lay odl lay hee hoo
Men on a road with a load to tote heard
Lay odl lay odl loo Men in the midst of a table d'hote heard
Lay odl lay odl lay hee hoo
Men drinking beer with a foam afloat heard
Lady odl lay odl loo...
Ho ho, lady odlee ho, ho ho lady odl lay
Ho ho lady odl lee ho, lady odl lee ho lay
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
Lay odl lay odl lay hee hoo
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd, lay odl lay odl loo
Soon her mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay odl lay odl lay hee hoo
What a duet for a girl and goatherd,
lay odl aly odl loo
Hm hm hm hmm, odl lay hee, odl lay hee hee, odl lay hee
Ho ho, lady odlee ho, ho ho lady odl lay
Ho ho lady odl lee ho, lady odl lee ho lay
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard,
Lay odl lay odl lay hoo hoo
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd,
lay odl lay odl loo
Soon her mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay odl lay odl lay hm hm
What a duet for a girl and goatherd,
lay odl lay odl loo
Happy are they lady ho lady lee ho, ho lady ho lady lady ho
Soon the duet will become a trio,
lady odl lay odl loo Odl lay hee....odl lay hee...
odl lay hee hee Odl lay hee odl lay hee odl lay, hoo!

Climb every mountain,
search high and low
Follow every by way,
every path you know
Climb every mountain,
ford every stream
Follow every rainbow,
till you find your dream
A dream that will need,
all the love you can give
Everyday of your life,
for as long as you live
Climb every mountain,
ford every stream
Follow every rainbow,
till you find your dream
A dream that will need,
all the love you can give
Everyday of your life,
for as long as you live
Climb every mountain,
ford every stream
Follow every rainbow,
till you find your... dream...

Gretl, Brigitta, Marta:
There's a sad sort of clanging from the
clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too.
And up in the nursery an ubsurd little bird
Is popping out to say cook-coo cook-coo, cook-coo
Regretfully they tell us cook-coo
But firmly they compell us cook-coo
To say goodbye cook-coo...
To you...
So long farewell, auf wiedersehen good-bye

Marta: I hate to go and leave this pretty sight
So long farewell, auf wiedersehen adieu
Friedrich: Adieu, adieu, to you and you and you
So long farewell, au revior auf wiedersehen
Liesl: I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne Yes?
Captain: No
So long farewell, auf wiedersehen goodnight
Kurt: I leave and heave a sigh and say good bye - goodbyyyyyyeeeee!
Brigitta: I'm glad... to go.... I cannot tell a lie
Louisa: I fleet, I float, I fleetly flee I fly...
Gretl: The sun... has gone... to bed and so must I...
So long...farewell...auf wiedersehen goodbye...
Goodbye... Guests Goodbye...

Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white
Clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever

What would this day be like, I wonder
What will my future be, I wonder...

It could be so exciting
To be out in the world to be free
My heart should be wildly rejoicing
Oh what's the matter with me

I've always longed for adventure
To do the things I never dared
Now here I am facing adventure
Then why am I so scared

Captain with seven children...
What so fearsome about that

Oh I must stop these doubts all these worries
If I don't I just know I'll turn back
I must dream of the things
I am seeking I am seeking the courageI lack

The courage to serve them with reliance
Face my mistakes without defiance
Show them I'm worthy
And while I'll show them...I'll show me...so...

Let them bring on all their problems
I'll do better than my best
I have confidence they'll put me to the test
But I'll make them see I have confidence in me

Somehow I will impress them
I will be firm but kind
And all those children, heaven bless them
They will look up to me and mind me

With each step I am more certain
Everything will turn out fine
I have confidence the world can all be mine
They'll have to agree I have confidence in me

I have confidence in sunshine
I have confidence in rain
I have confidence that spring will come again
Besides which you see I have confidence in me

Strength doesn't lie in numbers
Strength doesn't lie in wealth
Strength lies in nights of peaceful slumbers
When you wake up, wake up!

It tells me all I trust I leave my heart to
All I trust becomes my own
I have confidence in confidence alone...

I have confidence in confidence alone!
Besides which you see
I have confidence in me...

Maria: Perhaps I had a wicked childhood
Perhaps I had a miserable youth
But somewhere in my wicked, miserable past
There must have been a moment of truth
For here you are, standing there, loving me,
Whether or not you should
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good
Nothing comes from nothing
Nothing ever could
So, somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good

Captain: So here you are, standing there, loving me
Whether or not, you should

Maria: So somewhere in my youth or childhood,
I must have done something good

Both: Nothing comes from nothing, nothing ever could

Maria: So, somewhere in my youth...
Captain: ...or childhood
Maria: I must have done something...
Both: Something...good...