Do-Re-Mi - Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Roger Dann

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

(spoken)

Oh, let’s see if I can make it easier

(sung)

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, oh, oh, oh

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

Now children, Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-and-so on are natur’ly the tunes we use to build a

song

Once you have these notes in your head

You can sing a million diff’rent tune by mixin' them up

Like this:

(sung)

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

(spoken)

Can you do that?

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

Good!

But it doesn’t mean anything

So we put in words—one word for ev’ry note, like this:

(sung)

When you know the notes to sing

You can sing most anything

Together!

When you know the notes to sing

You can sing most anything

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

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

Do, Mi, Mi

Mi, So, So

Re, Fa, Fa

La, Ti, Ti

Do, Mi-Mi

Mi, So-So

Re, Fa-Fa

La, Ti-Ti

When (Do, Mi-Mi)

You (Mi, So-So)

Know (Re, Fa-Fa)

The (La, Ti-Ti)

Notes (Do, Mi-Mi)

To (Mi, So-So)

Sing (Re, Fa-Fa)

(La, Ti-Ti)

You (La, Ti-Ti)

Can (Mi, So-So)

Sing (Re, Fa-Fa)

Most (La, Ti-Ti)

An-y-thing

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

So… (So, Do)

Re… (La, Fa)

Mi… (Mi, Do)

Fa… (Re)

So… (So, Do)

La… (La, Fa)

Ti… (La-So, Fa, Mi-Re)

Ti Do…