or The Music Lesson
Words & Music by the "Duncan Sisters"
© 1923 by Irving Berlin, Inc.
1607 Broadway, New York
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Learning lessons ev'ry day, first to work, then to play.
Try to learn each lesson thru, reading, writing, spelling, too.
There's one lesson I like best, and that is my music test.
Try to sing sweet harmony, that is if we stay on key.
CHORUS
Do, re, mi. It clings to mi, re, do.
Love, honor, always obey.
These things we learn ev'ry day.
Or try to Um, um, um.
We're learning Um, um, um.
There is a lesson you know in mi, re, do.
Do mi la sol fa mi re do
[spoken:
Stop stop, what do you mean by there ?
- I want to sing the melody
- You'll sing in class
Sing a middle scale for us [...]
Do re mi fa sol la si do
That's very good but your voice is rather thin
Take a book till then [...] join in
]
Do, re, mi. It clings to mi, re, do.
Love, honor, always obey.
These things we learn ev'ry day.
Or try to Um, um, um.
We're learning Um, um, um.
There is a lesson we know in mi, re, do.
Do, re, mi. It clings to mi, re, do.
Love, honor, always obey.
These things we learn ev'ry day.
Or try to Um, um, um.
We're learning Um, um, um.
There is a lesson we know in mi, re, do.
do do do do
Is that all right ?
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Original lyrics :
Do Re Mi
or The Music Lesson
Thomas Wilkes Presents
The
Duncan Sisters
(By Arrangement of Sam H. Harris)
In
"Topsy and Eva"
Book by - Catherine C. Cushing
(Suggested by "Uncle Tom's Cabin" -
Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Words & Music by the "Duncan Sisters"
© 1923 by Irving Berlin, Inc.
1607 Broadway, New York
- - -
Learning lessons ev'ry day, first to work, then to play.
Try to learn each lesson thru, reading, writing, spelling, too.
There's one lesson we like best, and that is our music test.
Try to sing sweet harmony, that is if we stay on key.
CHORUS
Do, re, mi. It clings to mi, re, do.
Love, honor, always obey.
These things we learn ev'ry day.
Or try to Um, um, um.
We're learning Um, um, um.
There is a lesson we know in mi, re, do.
We don't like our lessons much. We like candies, cakes and such.
We just like to romp and play, singing skipping all the day.
We like games with lots of fun, like King James was King William's son.
After that we're all tired out, then we sit right down and shout.
Lyrics on http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/songs/duncandoremi.html