For the first track of Julie Andrews Sings Richard Rodgers, Julie Andrews revisits “The Sound of Music”, the opening number from the musical of the same name. Andrews famously starred as Maria in the 1965 film adaptation.
[Verse 1]
The hills are alive with the sound of music
With songs, they have sung for a thousand years
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music
My heart wants to sing every song it hears
My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds that rise from the lake to the trees
[Verse 2]
My heart wants to sigh like the chime that flies from a church on a breeze
To laugh like a brook as it trips and falls over stones on its way
To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray
I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music
And I'll sing once more
[Verse 3]
To laugh like a brook as it trips and falls over stones on its way
To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to prey
I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music
And I'll sing once more
The Sound Of Music (1994) was written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II & Rodgers & Hammerstein.