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