The other night dear, as I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you in my arms When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken So I hung my head and cried.
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away
You told me once, dear, you really loved me And no one else could come between. But now you've left me and love another; You have shattered all my dreams:
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away
Let's start at the very beginning A very good place to start When you read, you begin with-- [LITTLE GIRL] A, be, see! [MARIA] When you sing, you begin with Do, Re, Mi [CHILDREN] Do, Re, Mi [MARIA] Do, Re, Mi The first three notes just happen to be Do, Re, Mi [CHILDREN] Do, Re, Mi [MARIA] Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti [SPOKEN] Come, I'll make it easy for you. Listen:
[SUNG] 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 That will lead us back to Do, oh, oh, oh [WITH 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 So Tea, a drink with jam and bread That will lead us back to Do Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do-- So-- Do
[SPOKEN] Now, children, once you have these notes in your head, you can sing a million tunes by mixing them up--like this: [SUNG] So, Do, La, Fa, Mi, Do, Re... [SPOKEN] Now you do it. [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 let's put it all together: [SUNG BY ALL] So, Do, La, Fa, Mi, Do, Re So, Do, La, Ti, Do, Re, Do [LITTLE GIRL] But it doesn't mean anything! [MARIA] So we put in words--one word for every note: [SUNG] When you know the notes to sing You can sing most an--why--thing. [SPOKEN] Together! [SUNG BY ALL] When you know the notes to sing You can sing most an--why--thing 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 That will lead us back to Do Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do-- So-- Do
There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am gonna see Nobody else could miss her, not half as much as me She cried so when I left her, it like to broke my heart And if I ever find her we never more will part
She's the sweetest little rosebud that Texas ever knew Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosa Lee But the Yellow Rose of Texas is the only girl for me.
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Where the *Rio* Grande is flowin', and starry skies are bright She walks along the river in the quiet summer night I know that she remembers when we parted long ago I promised to return and not to leave her so
She's the sweetest little rosebud that Texas ever knew Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosa Lee But the Yellow Rose of Texas is the only girl for me.
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Oh, now I'm gonna find her, for my heart is full of woe We'll do the things together we did so long ago We'll play the banjo gaily, she'll love me like before And the Yellow Rose of Texas shall be mine forevermore
She's the sweetest little rosebud that Texas ever knew Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosa Lee But the Yellow Rose of Texas is the only girl for me.
