The Sound of Music

The hills are alive
With the sound of music,
With songs they have sung
For a thousand years.
The hills fill my heart
With the sound of music—
My heart wants to sing
Ev’ry song it hears.

My heart wants to beat
Like the wings of the birds that rise
From the lake to the trees.
My heart wants to sigh
Like a chime that flies
From a church on a breeze,

To laugh like a brook
When it trips and falls
Over stones in its way,
To sing through the night
Like a lark who is learning to pray!

I go to the hills
When my heart is lonely;
I know I will hear
What I’ve heard before—
My heart will be blessed
With the sound of music,
And I’ll sing once more.

How Can Love Survive?

No little shack do you share with me,
We do not flee from a mortgagee,
Nary a care in the world have we—
How can love survive?

Far, very far off the beam are we,
Quaint and bizarre as a team are we,
Two millionaires with a dream are we,
We’re keeping romance alive.
Two millionaires with a dream are we—
We’ll make our love survive.

The Lonely Goatherd

High on a hill was a lonely goatherd,
Layee odl, layee odl layee oo,
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd,
Layee odl layee odl oo.

Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Layee odl, layee odl layee oo,
Lusty and clear from the goatherd’s throat, heard
Layee odl layee odl oo.

O ho lay-dee odl lee o
O ho lay-dee odl ay!
O ho lay-dee odl lee o
Hodl odl lee-o-lay!

My Favorite Things

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
Brown paper packages tied up with strings—
These are a few of my favorite things.

Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels,
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles,
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings—
These are a few of my favorite things.

When the dog bites,
When the bee stings,
When I’m feeling sad,
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don’t feel so bad!

Sixteen Going on Seventeen

You are sixteen going on seventeen,
Baby, it’s time to think.
Better beware,
Be canny and careful,
Baby, you’re on the brink.

You are sixteen going on seventeen,
Fellows will fall in line,
Eager young lads
And roués and cads
Will offer you food and wine.

Totally unprepared are you
To face a world of men.
Timid and shy and scared are you
Of things beyond your ken.

You need someone older and wiser
Telling you what to do...
I am seventeen going on eighteen,
I’ll take care of you.

So Long, Farewell

So long, farewell,
Auf Wiedersehen, adieu.
Adieu, adieu
To yieu and yieu and yieu.

So long, farewell,
Au’voir, auf Wiedersehen.
I’d like to stay and taste my first Champagne.

Do-Re-Mi

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 sew,
Tea – a drink with jam and bread.
That will bring us back to do!

Edelweiss

Edelweiss,
Edelweiss,
Every morning you greet me.

Small and white,
Clean and bright,
You look happy to meet me.

Blossom of snow,
May you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever—

Edelweiss,
Edelweiss,
Bless my homeland forever.

Maria

How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbertigibbet!
A will-o'-the-wisp!
A clown!

Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say
How do you keep a wave upon the sand?

Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you hold a moon beam in your hand?

Climb Ev’ry Mountain

Climb ev’ry mountain,
Search high and low,
Follow ev’ry byway,
Every path you know.

Climb ev’ry mountain,
Ford ev’ry stream,
Follow ev’ry rainbow
Till you find your dream.

A dream that will need all the love you can give
Ev’ry day of your life for as long as you live.

Climb ev’ry mountain,
Ford ev’ry stream,
Follow ev’ry rainbow
Till you find your dream.

© 1959, Copyright Renewed, Williamson Music Company (ASCAP) c/o Concord Music Publishing.