Let's start at the very beginning
讓我們從頭開始
A very good place to start
一個很好的開端
When you read you begin with A B C
當你閱讀時你要先學
When you sing you begin with
DO RE MI
而當你唱歌時你要先學
The first three notes just happen to be
這正好是前三個音符
DO RE MI
DO RE MI FA SO LA TI
Let's see If can make it easier
讓我們看看能不能簡單點
Doe, a dear, a female deer
鹿,是鹿,一隻母鹿
Ray, a drop of golden sun
光,一線金色的陽光
Me, a name I call myself
我,是我在叫自己
Far, a long long way to run
遠,長長的路要跑
Sew, a needle pulling thread
縫,是針兒穿著線
LA, a note to follow Sew
LA,是跟在Sew後面的音符
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
茶,是飲料,配果醬和麵包
That will bring us back to DO
讓我們再次回到DO
DO RE MI FA SO LA TI DO' SO DO'
Now children DO RE MI FA SO
孩子們,現在
And so on are only the tools we use to build a song
這些僅僅是我們創作歌曲的工具
Once you have these notes in your heads
當你把音符記在腦中後
You can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up
你就可以通過混合它們唱出許多不同的調子來
Like this SO DO LA FA MI DO RE
像這樣
Can you do that
你們能做到嗎?
SO DO LA FA MI DO RE
SO DO LA TI DO' RE' DO'
Now put it all together
好,現在把它們合在一起
SO DO LA FA MI DO RE
SO DO LA TI DO' RE' DO'
Good!
棒極了!
But it doesn't mean anything
但這沒有任何意義呀
So we put in words
所以我們要填上歌詞
One word for every note like this
一個音符一個字,像這樣
When you know the notes to sing
當你懂得這些歌唱的音符
You can sing most anything
你就可以唱出幾乎所有事物
Together!
一起來!