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!