steffan

In hindsight, all the songs in "The Sound of Music" seem particularly military in tone. I can just picture squads of marching men singing "How do you solve a problem like Maria" in sort of a camp North Korean military parade complete with goose-stepping.

How do you solve a problem like Maria?
Left, Left, Left-Right-Left.
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?
Left, Left, Left-Right-Left.

Not sure if they did that on purpose (given the Nazi overtones in The Sound of Music,) or if Rodgers and Hammerstein were just particularly attracted to marches.