Let's at the very beginning A very place to start When you read, you with-- [LITTLE A, be, see! [MARIA] When you sing, you begin Do, Re, Mi Do, Re, Mi Do, Re, Mi The three notes just happen to be Do, Re, Mi Do, Re, Mi Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti [SPOKEN] Come, make it easy for you. Listen:
[SUNG] Doe, a deer, a female Ray, a of golden sun Me, a name, I myself Far, a long, way to run Sew, a needle thread La, a to follow So Tea, a drink jam and bread That will us back to Do, oh, oh, oh CHILDREN] Doe, a deer, a female deer Ray, a of golden sun Me, a name, I call Far, a long, way to run Sew, a needle thread La, a note to So Tea, a with jam and bread That will lead us to Do Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do-- Do
[SPOKEN] Now, children, once you have these notes in head, you can sing a million tunes by mixing them up--like So, Do, La, Fa, Mi, Do, Re... [SPOKEN] 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 [MARIA, SPOKEN] Now let's put it all [SUNG BY So, Do, La, Fa, Mi, Do, Re So, Do, La, Ti, Do, Re, Do GIRL] But it doesn't mean anything! [MARIA] So we put in words--one for every note: [SUNG] When you the notes to sing You can sing most an--why--thing. Together! [SUNG BY ALL] you know the notes to sing You can sing an--why--thing Doe, a deer, a female Ray, a drop of sun Me, a name, I call Far, a long, way to run Sew, a pulling thread La, a note to So Tea, a drink jam and bread That will lead us to Do Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, So-- Do