Exactly what I say.

cz
rv Maria makes me laugh

She climbs a tree and scrapes her

knee
Her dress has got a tear
All
How do you solve a problem like
ax Maria?
She waltzes on her way to Mass And
whistles on the stair nn
How do you catch a cloud And pin
it down?
Lt
And underneath her wimple All
She has curlers in her hair How do you find a word That means
Maria?

JJ RV
I've even heard her singing ln the A flibbertigibbet
abbey
nn
-A will-o '-the-wisp

RV Rv
She's always late for chapel -A clown

AX
But her penitence is real
LT
She's always late for everything
JJ
Except for every meal
ALL
I hate to have to say it But I
very firmly feel
Maria 's not an asset to the abbey
All
Many a thing
you know You'd like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to
understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say?
nn
How do you keep a wave upon the
sand?

All
How do you solve a problem like
CZ Maria?
I'd like to say a word in her
behalf NN
How do you hold a moonbeam...

nn ...in your hand?

Say it, Sister Margaretta.
 She's a girl
MS
When I'm with her I'm confused Out
of focus and bemused NN
And I never know exactly where I How do you solve a problem like
am Maria?

Rv How do you catch a cloud And pin

-Unpredictable as weather it down?

AX How do you find a word That means

-She's as flighty as a feather Maria?

Lt RV
-She's a darling -A flibbertigibbet

JJ JJ
-She's a demon -A will-o '-the-wisp

NN LT
She's a lamb A clown

All
CZ Many a thing you know You'd like
She'll out pester any pest to tell her

Drive a hornet from its nest All

Many a thing she ought to
All understand
She can throw a whirling dervish
Out of whirl
-But how do you make her stay

LT -And listen to all you say?

-She is gentle,
NN
RV How do you keep a wave upon the
she is wild sand?

JJ All
-She's a riddle, How do you solve a problem like
Maria?
AX …
she's a child

CZ How do you hold a moonbeam...

-She's a headache
NN
NN ...in your hand?
-She's an angel

RX