Original Broadway Cast of The Sound of Music — So Long Farewell

[ALL CHILDREN] There's a sad sort of clanking 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" (Cuckoo, Cuckoo) Regretfully they tell us (Cuckoo) But firmly they compel us (Cuckoo) To say goodbye (Cuckoo) To you So long, farewell Auf wiedersehen, goodnight [MARTA] I hate to go And leave this pretty sight [REMAINING CHILDREN] So long, farewell Auf wiedersehen, adeiu [FRIEDRICH] Adieu, adieu To yieu and yieu and yieu [REMAINING CHILDREN] So long, farewell Au revoir, auf wiedersehen [LEISL] I'd like to stay And taste my first champagne (Spoken) No? [CAPTAIN VON TRAPP, spoken] No [REMAINING 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 [ALL CHILDREN] So long, farewell Auf wiedersehen, goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye [GUESTS] Goodbye