– watch
She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee
Her dress has got a tear
She waltzes on her way to Mass
And whistles on the stair
And underneath her wimple
She has curlers in her hair
I even heard her singing in the abbey
She’s always late for chapel
But her penitence is real
She’s always late for everything
Except for every meal
I hate to have to say it
But I very firmly feel
Maria’s not an asset to the abbey
I’d like to say a word in her behalf
Maria makes me laugh
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 flibbertijibbet! 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?
When I’m with her I’m confused
Out of focus and bemused
And I never know exactly where I am
Unpredictable as weather
She’s as flighty as a feather
She’s a darling! She’s a demon! She’s a lamb!
She’d outpester any pest
Drive a hornet from its nest
She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
She is gentle! She is wild!
She’s a riddle! She’s a child!
She’s a headache! She’s an angel!
She’s a girl!
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 flibbertijibbet! 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?
the Nuns Lyrics – Maria Lyrics – the Sound of Music Soundtrack Lyrics
Random – I see singing nuns…
Sig mig! Er der gået totalt Sound of Music i den i Århus midtby??? Og tænk engang.. jeg troede man blev sær på landet…..
Jeg synes faktisk det er en rigtig god sang – lige til en lesbisk sangkanon!
Men ellers er jeg bare forfulgt af syngende nonner i øjeblikket – jeg håber det snart går over…
Faktisk har jeg en single (vinylplade) med ‘The Singing Nun’ også kendt som den belgiske Søster Luc-Gabrielle (Jeanne Deckers 1933-1985) – ja, det er den der
Dominique -nique -nique
Den eneste Belgier og nok også den eneste nonne som har haft et no. 01 hit i USA
http://www.famousbelgians.net/deckers.htm
Jeanne Deckers og hendes ‘gode veninde’ Annie Pecher begik fælles selvmord i 1985
En interessant bog i den forbindelse (!) kunne være Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence af Rosemary Curb, fra 1985 – den har jeg faktisk læst – jeg tilføjer også lige den til den lesbiske litteratur kanon…
Hvad var det lige du spurgte om?