Did you know that Liesl and her father were attracted to each other? All right, I mean Chamian Carr and Christopher Plummer, who was more than ten years her senior at the time? Actually, I don’t even know if that’s true. I got that from IMDb, but they’ve been known to be wrong (witness: No perfect 10 rating for Secret Admirer.) I haven’t seen this one in a while, but when I was a child, I knew the soundtrack backwards and forwards. Didn’t help me when it came to subtitling some of those lyrics:
ALL: Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl-oo -MARIA: Mm-hmm-hmm-hmm -CHILDREN: Mm-hmm-hmm-hmm - Ho-dl-ay-ee - Ho-dl-ay-ee - O-dl-ay-ee-ee - O-dl-ay-ee-ee O-dl-ay-ee Oh-oh-oh-oh Laydee-o-dl-ay-o Laydee-o-dl-ee Laydee-o-dl-ay Oh-oh-oh-oh Laydee-o-dl-ay-o Laydee-o-dl-ee o-lay (sighs)
And as a bonus, here’s a photo of my mom playing Maria in her school production:
![“Okay, serious one this time.”
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“Or not.”
…](https://willkeightley.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/104473216_685898208932914_3504620674026052351_n-1000x997.jpg)
