I remember when I was in 6th Std our English Teacher Mrs. Fernandez took my entire class to see this movie. It was a memorable occassion all 42 of us sitting in the balcony and seeing this movie munching pop corns. The best impressions of it still remains.
Lyrics
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
[Maria:] Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti [spoken] Let's see if I can make it easy
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 (oh-oh-oh)
[Maria and Children:] [Repeat above verse twice]
[Maria:] Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do So-do!
[Maria: (spoken)] Now children, do-re-mi-fa-so and so on are only the tools we use to build a song. Once you have these notes in your heads, you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up. Like this.
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re [spoken] Can you do that? [Children:] So Do La Fa Mi Do Re [Maria:] So Do La Ti Do Re Do [Children:] So Do La Ti Do Re Do [Maria:] [spoken] Now, put it all together.
[Maria and Children:] So Do La Fa Mi Do Re, So Do La Ti Do Re Do [Maria:] [spoken] Good! [Brigitta:] [spoken] But it doesn't mean anything. [Maria:] [spoken] So we put in words. One word for every note. Like this.
When you know the notes to sing You can sing most anything [spoken] Together!
[Maria and Children:] When you know the notes to sing You can sing most anything
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
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re
[Children:] Do Mi Mi Mi So So Re Fa Fa La Ti Ti [Repeat above verse 4x as Maria sings]
[Maria:] When you know the notes to sing You can sing most anything
[Maria and Children:] 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
[Maria:] [Children:]
Do . . . So Do Re . . . La Fa Mi . . . Mi Do Fa . . . Re So . . . So Do La . . . La Fa Ti . . . La So Fa Mi Re Ti Do - oh - oh Ti Do -- So Do
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Our very own "Thoppukarnam" has so much power Lord Ganesha loves it and so to please him we do this in front of his idol. In my school days I had been very good at it as it was a form of punishment yet I enjoyed it. Hope today's children too enjoy doing it and also know its benefits.
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