:11:01
I hate to have to say it
But I very firmly feel
:11:06
Maria 's not an asset to the abbey
:11:11
I'd like to say a word in her behalf
:11:13
Say it, Sister Margaretta.
:11:16
Maria makes me laugh
:11:22
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
:11:26
How do you catch a cloud
And pin it down?
:11:30
How do you find a word
That means Maria?
:11:34
A flibbertigibbet
:11:35
-A will-o '-the-wisp
-A clown
:11:38
Many a thing you know
You'd like to tell her
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Many a thing she ought to understand
:11:45
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say?
:11:50
How do you keep a wave upon the sand?
:11:53
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
:11:58
How do you hold a moonbeam...
:12:03
...in your hand?
:12:09
When I'm with her I'm confused
Out of focus and bemused
:12:13
And I never know exactly where I am
:12:16
-Unpredictable as weather
-She's as flighty as a feather
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-She's a darling
-She's a demon
:12:22
She's a lamb
:12:24
She'll out pester any pest
Drive a hornet from its nest
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She can throw a whirling dervish
Out of whirl
:12:31
-She is gentle, she is wild
-She's a riddle, she's a child
:12:35
-She's a headache
-She's an angel
:12:38
She's a girl
:12:42
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
:12:46
How do you catch a cloud
And pin it down?
:12:50
How do you find a word
That means Maria?
:12:54
-A flibbertigibbet
-A will-o '-the-wisp
:12:56
A clown
:12:58
Many a thing you know
You'd like to tell her