Maria by Original Broadway Cast of The Sound of Music 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 even heard 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
I hate to have to say it
But I very firmly feel
[ALL]
Maria's not an asset to the abbey
[MARGARETTA]
I'd like to say a word in her behalf
[?, spoken]
Then say it Sister Margaretta
[MARGARETTA]
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'll out-pester any pest
Drive a hornet from his 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 stay
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?
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 even heard 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
I hate to have to say it
But I very firmly feel
[ALL]
Maria's not an asset to the abbey
[MARGARETTA]
I'd like to say a word in her behalf
[?, spoken]
Then say it Sister Margaretta
[MARGARETTA]
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'll out-pester any pest
Drive a hornet from his 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 stay
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?