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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:  
Regretfully they tell us 
     Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: 
     Cuckoo, cuckoo  
But firmly they compel us  
     Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: 
     Cuckoo, cuckoo  
To say goodbye . . .  
     Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: 
     Cuckoo! 
. . . to you.
  
Bridge
  
Children: 
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night 
Marta: 
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight 
Marta skips upstairs to playful music
  
Children: 
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu 
Friedrich: 
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu 
Friedrich skips upstairs to playful music
  
Children: 
So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen 
Liesl: 
I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne 
     Liesl to the Captain: 
     Yes? 
     The Captain: 
     No. 
Liesl pouts and goes upstairs
  
Children: 
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye 
Kurt: 
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye -- Goodbye! 
Kurt goes upstairs 
Brigitta: 
I'm glad to go, I cannot tell a lie 
Brigitta goes upstairs 
Louisa: 
I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly 
Louisa goes upstairs 
Gretl Tired and singing slowly as she backs up the stairs on her little rump: 
The sun has gone to bed and so must I 
Gretl falls asleep on the stairs, Liesl comes down to collect her
  
Children: 
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye 
Children wave to guests 
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye 
Guests Waving back: 
Goodbye!
 
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