The Sound of Music movie - Maria lyrics

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Song by the Nuns<br /><br>

She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee<br>

Her dress has got a tear<br>

She waltzes on her way to Mass<br>

And whistles on the stair<br>

And underneath her wimple<br>

She has curlers in her hair<br>

I even heard her singing in the abbey<br>

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She's always late for chapel<br>

But her penitence is real<br>

She's always late for everything<br>

Except for every meal<br>

I hate to have to say it<br>

But I very firmly feel<br>

Maria's not an asset to the abbey<br>

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I'd like to say a word in her behalf<br>

Maria makes me laugh<br>

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How do you solve a problem like Maria?<br>

How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?<br>

How do you find a word that means Maria?<br>

A flibbertijibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!<br>

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Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her<br>

Many a thing she ought to understand<br>

But how do you make her stay<br>

And listen to all you say<br>

How do you keep a wave upon the sand<br>

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Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?<br>

How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?<br>

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When I'm with her I'm confused<br>

Out of focus and bemused<br>

And I never know exactly where I am<br>

Unpredictable as weather<br>

She's as flighty as a feather<br>

She's a darling! She's a demon! She's a lamb!<br>

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She'd outpester any pest<br>

Drive a hornet from its nest<br>

She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl<br>

She is gentle! She is wild!<br>

She's a riddle! She's a child!<br>

She's a headache! She's an angel!<br>

She's a girl!<br>

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How do you solve a problem like Maria?<br>

How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?<br>

How do you find a word that means Maria?<br>

A flibbertijibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!<br>

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Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her<br>

Many a thing she ought to understand<br>

But how do you make her stay<br>

And listen to all you say<br>

How do you keep a wave upon the sand<br>

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Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?<br>

How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?<br>

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