From “The Sound of Music”, 1959
Words by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Music by Richard Rodgers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl, lay ee o
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl-o
Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl, lay ee o
Lusty and clear from the goatherd’s throat heard
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl-o
O ho, lay dee odl lee o, O ho lay dee odl ay
O ho, lay dee odl lee o, Hodl odl lee o ay
A prince on the bridge of a castle moat, heard
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl, lay ee o
Men on a road, with a load to tote, heard
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl-o
Men in the midst of a table d’hote, heard
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl, lay ee o
Men drinking beer with the foam afloat, heard
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl-o
O-ho, lay-dee o-dl lee-o
O-ho, lay-dee o-dl ay
O-ho, lay-dee o-dl lee-o
Hod-l-o-dl lee-o-ay
One little girl in a pale pink coat, heard
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl, lay ee o
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl-o
Soon her mama with a gleaming gloat. heard
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl, lay hee hoo
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl lay-ee-o
Happy are they lay dee olay dee lee o
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl lay
Soon the duet will become a trio
Lay ee odl, lay ee odl-oo
Odl lay ee, old lay ee
Odl lay hee hee, odl lay ee
Odl lay odl lay, odl lay odl lee, old lay odl lee
Odl lay-ee odl, lee-e odl lay