"So Long, Farewell" is a song featured in the 1965 film The Sound of Music sung by the Von Trapp Children. Composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II, the song is a simple composition that effectively exploits the children's higher voices and innocent charm.
The Von Trapp family sang the song as one of their musical numbers in the Salzburg Festival, with this song being their final one.
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
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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