Do-Re-Mi - Mary Martin, Lauri Peters, William Snowden

Let’s start at the very beginning

A very good place to start

When you read, you begin with--

A, be, see!

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

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

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:

So, Do, La, Fa, Mi, Do, Re… Now you do it.

So, Do, La, Fa, Mi, Do, Re

So, Do, La, Ti, Do, Re, Do

So, Do, La, Ti, Do, Re, Do

Now let’s put it all together:

So, Do, La, Fa, Mi, Do, Re

So, Do, La, Ti, Do, Re, Do

But it doesn’t mean anything!

So we put in words--one word for every note:

When you know the notes to sing

You can sing most an--why--thing.

Together!

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