The Sound of Music - Maria Lyrics

Broadway revival 1998
The Sound of Music the Musical - Maria Lyrics

BERTHE:
She climbs a tree
And scrapes her knee
Her dress has got a tear

SOPHIA:
She waltzes on her way to mass
And whistles on the stair

BERTHE:
And underneath her wimple
She has curlers in her hair!

SOPHIA:
I ever hear her singing in the abbey

BERTHE:
She's always late for chapel

MARGARETTA:
But her penitence is real

BERTHE:
She's always late for everything
Except for every meal

MOTHER ABBESS:
I hate to have to say it
But I very firmly feel

BERTHE AND SOPHIA:
Maria's not an asset to the abbey!

MARGARETTA:
I'd like to say a word in her behalf
Maria makes me laugh!

SOPHIA:
How do you solve a problem like Maria?

MOTHER ABBESS:
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?

MARGARETTA:
How do you find a word that means Maria?

BERTHE:
A flibbertigibbet!

SOPHIA:
A will-o'-the-wisp!

MARGARETTA:
A clown!

MOTHER ABBESS:
Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand

MARGARETTA:
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say

MOTHER ABBESS:
How do you keep a wave upon the sand?

MARGARETTA:
Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?

MOTHER ABBESS:
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?

MARGARETTA:
When I'm with her I'm confused
Out of focus and bemused
And I never know exactly where I am

SOPHIA:
Unpredictable as weather
She's as flighty as a feather

MARGARETTA:
She's a darling

BERTHE:
She's a demon

MARGARETTA:
She's a lamb

SOPHIA:
She'd out-pester any pest
Drive a hornet from its nest

BERTHE:
She can throw a whirling dervish out of whirl

MARGARETTA:
She is gentle
She is wild

SOPHIA:
She's a riddle

MARGARETTA:
She's a child

BERTHE:
She's a headache!

MARGARETTA:
She's an angel!

MOTHER ABBESS:
She's a girl

ALL NUNS:
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 say
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 moonbeam in your hand?


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Maria Lyrics from The Sound of Music the Musical

The Sound of Music the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Prelude/ The Sound of Music
Preludium (Dixit Dominus)
Morning Hymn
Maria
I Have Confidence
Sixteen Going On Seventeen
My Favorite Things
Do-Re-Mi
The Sound of Music (Reprise)
The Lonely Goatherd
Edelweiss
So Long, Farewell
Climb Every Mountain
Something Good
Processional and Maria (The Wedding)
Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise)
Do-Re-Mi (Reprise)
Edelweiss (Reprise)
So Long, Farewell (Reprise)
Climb Every Mountain (Reprise)/ Finale