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