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So Long, Farewell is a song from The Sound of Music.

Original Lyrics[]

All Children:

There's a sad sort of clanking

From the clock in the hall

And the bells in the steeple, too

And up in the nursery an absurd little bird

Is popping out to say "cuckoo"

(Cuckoo! Cuckoo!)

Regretfully they tell us (cuckoo!)

But firmly they compel us (cuckoo!)

To say goodbye (cuckoo!)

To you...

So long, farewell

Auf wiedersehen, goodnight

Marta:

I hate to go

And leave this pretty sight

Remaining Children:

So long, farewell

Auf wiedersehen, adieu

Friedrich:

Adieu, adieu

To yieu and yieu and yieu

Remaining Children:

So long, farewell

Au revoir, auf wiedersehen

Liesl:

I'd like to stay

And taste my first champagne

Remaining Children:

So long, farewell

Auf wiedersehen, goodbye

Kurt:

I leave, and heave

A sigh and say goodbye

Goodbye...

Brigitta:

I'm glad to go

I cannot tell a lie

Louisa:

I flit, I float

I fleetly flee, I fly

Gretl:

The sun has gone

To bed and so must I

All Children:

So long, farewell

Auf wiedersehen, goodbye

Goodbye...

Goodbye...

Goodbye...

Guests:

Goodbye

Reprise Lyrics[]

Maria:

There's a sad sort of clanking

From the clock in the hall

And the bells in the steeple, too

And up in the nursery an absurd little bird

Is popping out to say "cuckoo"

(Cuckoo! Cuckoo!)

Captain:

Regretfully they tell us (cuckoo!)

But firmly they compel us (cuckoo!)

To say goodbye

All:

To you...

So long, farewell

Auf wiedersehen, goodnight

Kurt and Marta:

We hate to go

And miss this pretty sight

Maria, Captain and Remaining Children:

So long, farewell

Auf wiedersehen, adieu

Friedrich and Liesl:

Adieu, adieu

To yieu and yieu and yieu

Maria, Captain and Remaining Children:

So long, farewell

Auf wiedersehen, goodbye

Brigitta and Louisa:

We flit, we float

We fleetly flee, we fly

Maria, Captain and Gretl:

So long, farewell

Auf wiedersehen, goodbye

Gretl:

The sun has gone

To bed and so must I

Goodbye...

Maria:

Goodbye...

Captain:

Goodbye...

Both:

Goodbye

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