Music Buffet

Parody of “Do Re Mi” by Rodgers and Hammerstein

New lyrics by Giant Panda

Maria played by Giant Panda

Children played by Blue Panda, Hip-hop Panda, Kung-fu Panda, Native Panda, Ping Pong Panda, Ponyo Panda, Purple Panda

Instruments except guitars performed by Giant Panda

Guitars performed by Ping Pong Panda

Produced by Danny Calise

Album: Pandamonium

  Do Re Mi (Dou Rui Mi) (1,158 hits)

Lyrics

Maria

Let’s start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
With other languages you begin with

Gretta

A, B, C

Maria

With Chinese you begin with Dou, Rui, Mi

Children

Dou, Rui, Mi

Maria

Dou, Rui, Mi
The first three characters happen to be
Dou, Rui, Mi

Children

Dou, Rui, Mi

Maria

Dou, Rui, Mi, Fa, Sou, La, Ti
Oh, let’s see if I can make it harder

Dòu 豆, a bean, a Chinese bean
Ruì 锐, means keen, my teacher said
Mǐ 米, the name I give my rice
Fà 发, the hair that’s on my head
Sōu 艘, a measure word for boats
Là 辣, too spicy for my mouth
Tī 梯, a ladder crossing moats

That will bring us back to dou oh oh oh

Children and Maria

Dòu 逗, to tease or also to fight (斗)
Ruì 瑞, is luck without a hitch
Mī 眯, the verb I squint my eyes
Fā 发, to send or to get rich
Sōu 搜, to search as in Baidu
Lā 拉, to pull a noodle long
Tī 踢, to kick a ball to you

Children

Dou, mi, mi
Mi, sou, sou
Rui, fa, fa
La, ti, ti

Dou, mi, mi
Mi, sou, sou
Rui, fa, fa
La, ti, ti

Bean, rice, rice
Rice, boat, boat
Keen, hair, hair
Spicy ladder

Maria

Search, tease, pull, send, squint, tease, luck
Search, fight, pull, kick, tease, luck, fight

Children and Maria

Dòu 逗, to tease or also to fight (斗)
Ruì 瑞, is luck without a hitch
Mī 眯, the verb I squint my eyes
Fā 发, to send or to get rich
Sōu 搜, to search as in Baidu
Lā 拉, to pull a noodle long
Tī 踢, to kick a ball to you

That will bring us back to dou oh oh oh

Maria

When you know the right pinyin
You can say most anythin’

Tease, luck, rice, send, search, pull, kick, fight, boat, bean