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Listen to The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) [Super Deluxe Edition] by Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews
Performer
Charmian Carr
Charmian Carr
Performer
Irwin Kostal
Irwin Kostal
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyrics
Howard Lindsay
Howard Lindsay
Book
Maria von Trapp
Maria von Trapp
Based on the Work of
Russel Crouse
Russel Crouse
Book

Lyrics

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
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 rogues 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
I am sixteen going on seventeen
I know that I'm naive
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet
And willingly I 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
Written by: Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers

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