Margery McKay, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon, Evadne Baker - Irwin Kostal, Richard Rodgers y Oscar Hammerstein II Maria Lyrics

Bernice:
She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee; her dress has got a tear
Sophia:
She waltzes on her way to mass and whistles on the stairs
Bernice:
And underneath her wimple she has curlers in her hair
Catherine:
I've even heard her singing in the abbey
Agatha:
She's always late for chapel
Sophia:
But her penitence is real
Bernice:
She's always late for everything!
Catherine:
Except for every meal
Bernice:
I hate to have to say it, but I very firmly feel
All four: Maria's not an a__et to the abbey

Margaretta:
I'd like to say a word in her behalf
R. Mother:
Then say it Sister Margaretta
Margaretta:
Maria makes me laugh!

R. Mother:
How do you solve a problem like Maria
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down
Margaretta:
How do you find the word that means Maria
Catherine:
A flibbertigibbet
Sophia:
A will-o'-the-wisp
Bernice:
A clown

R. Mother:
Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand
Bernice:
But how do you make her stay and listen to all you say
R. Mother:
How do you keep a wave upon the sand
Margaretta:
How do you solve a problem like Maria
R. Mother:
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand

Sophia:
When I'm with her I'm confused,
out of focus and bemused,
and I never know exactly where I am...
Agatha:
Unpredictable as weather
Catherine:
She is flightly as a feather
Margaretta:
She's a darling
Bernice:
She's a demon
Margaretta:
She's a lamb

Sophia:
She'd out pester any pest; drive a hornet from it's nest
Agatha:
She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
Margaretta:
She is gentle; she is wild
Catherine:
She's a riddle; she's a child
Bernice:
She's a headache
Margaretta:
She's an angel
R. Mother:
She's a girl...

All:
How do you solve a problem like Maria
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down
How do you find the word that means Maria
Catherine:
A flibbertigibbet
Margaretta & Sophia:
A will-o'-the-wisp
Bernice:
A clown
All:
Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand
R. Mother:
But how do you make her stay
Bernice:
And listen to all you say
Margaretta:
How do you keep a wave upon the sand
All:
Oh how do you solve a problem like Maria...
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand