They're not too complicated, especially if you know "Doe, a Deer" from the Sound of Music. "Solfeggio" is a musical notation system where each of the eight pitches on the major scale is given a name: do re me fa sol la ti do.
The "lyrics" to the song are nothing more than the names of the notes of the melody:
"Solfeggio" lyrics:
Mi sol la
Re fa-re sol
Do me-do fa re
Sol sol (bongo roll...)
Mi sol la
Re fa-re sol
Do me-do fa re
Sol sol do (wham!)
Do mi fa
Si re-se mi
La do-la fa re
Sol sol (bongo roll...)
Do mi-do fa
Si re-se mi
La do-la fa re
Sol sol do (wham!)
Thanks for writing!
Ben Model
5 comments:
Thanks for posting this Ben. Here's some info on the gent who wrote the piece, Robert Maxwell.
Great link, Al. The liner notes for the Robert Maxwell LP I have "Zing! Went the Strings of My Harp" (not kidding) states he doubled for Harpo in some of the later Marx pictures.
LOL! Too classic.
Here's another interesting post with info on the tune.
I know this song its my favorite
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