Do Re Mi
Maria & The Children Lyrics

Let's start at the very beginning.
We should begin at the very start of this lesson.

A very good place to start.
It's the best place to start.

When you read you begin with ...
When you learn to read, you start with ...

A, B, C.
The first letters of the alphabet.

When you sing you begin With do-re-mi.
When you learn to sing, you start with do-re-mi notes.

Do-re-mi?
What are do-re-mi notes?

Do-re-mi.
Do-re-mi notes are these.

The first three notes just happen to be Do-re-mi.
The first three notes are do-re-mi notes.

Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti!.
These are the do-re-mi notes extended to other notes.

Oh, let's see if I can make it easier.
I am going to try to make this lesson easier to understand.

Doe, a deer, a female deer.
The name of the deer is Doe, which is a female one.

Ray, a drop of golden sun.
A ray of sunshine is a beautiful golden light.

Me, a name I call myself.
The name I use to call myself is Me.

Far, a long, long way to run.
A long way in which we have to run.

Sew, a needle pulling thread, La, a note to follow sew, Tea, a drink with jam and bread!
Sew is the action of pulling the thread with a needle, La is a musical note that follows Sew, and Tea is a drink enjoyed with jam and bread.

That will bring us back to do oh-oh-oh!
These notes together will lead us to the starting point.

Doe!
Doe!

A deer, a female deer.
A female deer, whose name is Doe.

Ray!
Ray!

A drop of golden sun.
A beautiful golden light called Ray.

Me!
Me!

A name I call myself.
The name that I use to address myself is Me.

Far!
Far!

A long, long way to run!
A long and challenging way to run.

Sew, a needle pulling thread, La, a note to follow so, Tea, a drink with jam and bread!
Sew is the action of pulling a thread with a needle, La is a musical note that follows Sew, Tea is a drink to enjoy with bread and jam.

And that will bring us back to doe!
These notes altogether lead us back to Doe, the female deer.

A deer, a female deer. Ray, a drop of golden sun. Me, a name I call myself, Far, a long, long way to run!
These are the same lyrics as before, just sung in a different order.

Sew! A needle pulling thread. La, a note to follow sew. Tea, a drink with jam and bread!
The same lyrics as before, sung again.

That will bring us back to doe!
These same notes again lead us back to Doe, the female deer.

Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do! So-do!
These are the musical notes in order, starting and finishing with Do.

Now, children, do-re-mi-fa-so and so on, are only the tools you use to build a song.
Musical notes, like do-re-mi-fa-so are only the basic tools that you need to make a song.

Once you have these notes in your heads, you can sing a million diff'rent tunes by mixing them up.
Once you memorize these notes, you can create multiple songs by combining them in different sequences.

So, do, la, fa, me, do, re.
These are different notes combined in a particular sequence.

Can you do that?
Are you able to combine notes in that specific sequence?

So, do, la, ti, do, re, do.
Another musical sequence of notes.

Now, put it all together!
Let's try combining all the musical sequences together.

Good!
Well done!

But it doesn't mean anything!
It feels like it doesn't make sense yet.

So we put in words.
We will add lyrics to the musical notes.

One word for every note.
Every note is associated with a specific word.

When you know the notes to sing, You can sing most anything!
Once you know the musical notes and their sequence, you can create any song you wish.

Do, si, 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
These are the musical notes in a sequence that you can use to make a tune.

When you know the notes to sing You can sing most anything.
When you know the force of musical notes, You will sing whatever you want.

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!
These are all the lyrics sung earlier adapted into the sequence of musical notes.

That will bring us back to do oh-oh-oh! Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do So, do, la, fa... Ti, doooooo... So, do!
These are different sequences of musical notes that you can use in different combinations to create a song.