Sixteen Going On Seventeen - 1959 - The Sound of Music

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 17 Nov 2001

You wait little girl,
on an empty stage,
for fate to turn the light on,
Your life, little girl,
is an empty page
that men will want to write on,
to write on.

[Rolf] You are sixteen,
going on seventeen,
Baby, it's time to think!
Better beware, be canny and careful,
Baby, you're on the brink!
You are sixteen, going on seventeen,
fellows will fall in line.
Eager young lads
and roués and cads
will offer you food and wine.
Totally unprepared are you
to face a world of men.
Timid and shy and scared are you
of things beyond your ken.
You need someone older and wiser
telling you what to do.
I am seventeen going on eighteen,
I'll take care of you.

[Liesel] I am sixteen going on seventeen,
I know that I'm naive.
Fellows I meet
may tell me I'm sweet
and willingly I'll believe.
I am sixteen going on seventeen,
innocent as a rose.
Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies,
what do I know of those?
Totally unprepared am I
to face a world of men.
Timid and shy and scared am I
of things beyond my ken.
I need someone older and wiser
telling me what to do.
You are seventeen going on eighteen,
I'll depend on you.

[Maria] A bell is no bell till you ring it,
A song is no song till you sing it,
and love in your heart
wasn't put there to stay,
Love isn't love till you give it away.

When you're sixteen going on seventeen,
waiting for life to start,
somebody kind who touches your mind
will suddenly touch your heart!
When that happens, after it happens,
nothing is quite the same.
Somehow you know you'll jump up and go
if ever he calls your name!
Gone are your old ideas of life,
the old ideas grow dim.
Lo and behold! You're someone's wife
and you belong to him!
You may think this kind of adventure
never may come to you.
Darling sixteen going on seventeen,
Wait a year or two.

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Sixteen Going On Seventeen 1959 The Sound of Music
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II
© 1959 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
sequenced by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Saturday 17 Nov 2001 at 10.06
in association with Doug Grierson
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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