My Favourite Things
Maria

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittensv Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittensBrown paper packages tied up with stringsThese are a few of my favourite thingsCream coloured ponnies and crisp apple streudlesDoorbells and slaybells and schnitzel with noodlesWild geese that fly with the moon on their wingsThese are a few of my favourite thingsGirls in white dresses with blue satin sashesSnowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashesSilver white winter that melts into springThese are a few of my favourite thingsWhen the dog bites, when the bee stingsWhen I'm feeling sadI simply remember my favourite thingsAnd then I don't feel so bad

I Have Confidence
Maria

What will this day be like, I wonderWhat will my future be, I wonderIt could be so excitingTo be out to the world, to be freeMy heart should be wildly rejoicingOh, what's the matter with meI've always long for adventureTo do the things I've never daredAnd here I'm pleasing adventureThen why am I so scaredA captain with seven childrenWhat's so fearsome about that
Oh, I must stop this doubts, all this worriesIf I don't I just know I'll turn backI must dream of the things I am seekingI am seeking the courage I lackThe courage to serve them with relianceFace my mistakes without defianceShow them I'm worthyAnd while I show them, I'll show me...
So let them bring on all their problemsI'll do better than my bestI have confidence they'll put me to the testBut I'll make them see I have confidence in meSomehow I will impress themI will be firm but kindAnd all those children, heaven bless themThey will look up to me and mind meWith each step I'm almost certainEverything will turn out findI have confidence, the world can all be mineThey'll have to agree I have confidence in me
I have confidence in sunshineI have confidence in rainI have confidence that spring will come againBesides which you see I have confidence in meStrength doesn't lie in numbersStrength doesn't lie in wealthStrength lies in nights of peaceful slumbersWhen you wake up, wake up!It's healthyAll I trust I leave my heart toAll I trust becomes my ownI have confidence, in confidence alone(Oh help........)I have confidence, in confidence aloneBesides which you see I have confidence in me

The Sound of Music
Maria

My day in the hills has come to an end, I knowThe sun has come out to tell me it's time to goBut deep in the dark green shadowsAre voices that urge me to staySo I pause and I wait and I listenFor one more sound, for one more lovely thingThat the hills might say...
The hills are alive with the sound of musicWith songs they have sung for a thousand yearsThe hills fill my heart with the sound of musicMy heart wants to sing every song it hearsMy heart wants to beat like the wings of the birdsthat rise from the lake to the treesMy heart wants to sigh like a chimethat flies from a church on a breezeTo laugh like a brook when it trips and fallsover stones on its wayTo sing through the nightlike a lark who is learning to prayI go to the hills when my heart is lonelyI know I will hear what I've heard beforeMy heart will be blessed with the sound of musicAnd I'll sing once more