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: 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



Guests:

Goodbye!