So Long, Farewell Lyrics

So Long, Farewell

So Long, Farewell 

 

 Children: 

 There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall 

 And the bells in the steeple too 

 And up in the nursery an absurd little bird 

 Is popping out to say "cuckoo" 

 Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: 

 Cuckoo, cuckoo 

 

 Children: Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: 

 Regretfully they tell us Cuckoo, cuckoo 

 But firmly they compel us Cuckoo, cuckoo 

 To say goodbye . . . 

 Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: 

 Cuckoo! 

 Children: 

 . . . to you 

 

 Children: 

 So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night 

 Marta: 

 I hate to go and leave this pretty sight 

 

 Children: 

 So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu 

 Friedrich: 

 Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu 

 

 Children: 

 So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen 

 Liesl: 

 I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne 

 

 Children: 

 So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye 

 Kurt: 

 I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye -- Goodbye! 

 Brigitta: 

 I'm glad to go, I cannot tell a lie 

 Louisa: 

 I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly 

 Gretl: 

 The sun has gone to bed and so must I 

 

 Children: 

 So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye 

 Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye 

 

 Guests: 

 Goodbye!