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Do Re Mi

from TOY CITY by Toy City

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about

‘Do Re Mi’ came together in an off the cuff moment. The music came first, and Oscar Hammerstein’s words just fit perfectly into a Pavement-style rendition of an old classic. I remember watching The Sound of Music as a child and recognizing something familiar about the character of Maria Rainer (Julie Andrews), who begins the film as an aspiring nun but later falls in love and marries Captain Von Trapp. In fact, my own mother was a Catholic nun, belonging to the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart in Los Angeles. Amidst incredible political and personal turmoil, she left the Convent in 1969, and married my father, a Catholic priest. Many of the songs on this record are in some way connected to my family. And that makes ‘Do Re Mi’ a very good place to start.

--Paul Burke

lyrics

Let’s start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with A, B, C
When you sing you begin with do re mi
The first 3 notes just happen to be do re mi
When you read you begin with A -B -C
When you sing you begin with Do Re Mi
Doe - a deer a female deer
Ray - a drop of golden sun
Me - a name I call myself
Far - a long way to run
Sew - a needle pulling thread
La - a note to follow so
Tea - a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Doe

credits

from TOY CITY, track released March 31, 2023
Original lyrics by Richard Rodgers (The Sound of Music)
Written and recorded by Paul Burke & Steve Shaheen
Mixed by John Russell
Produced by John Russell & Toy City
Mastered by Joe Lambert

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Toy City is songwriting duo Paul Burke & Steve Shaheen

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