{"id":11586,"date":"2014-06-18T23:32:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T23:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=11586"},"modified":"2026-03-24T22:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:35:29","slug":"my-favourite-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=11586","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1V-fwUV4oII\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42637\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/M_F_T.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AapdN2UFEbU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u21d2\u00bb<strong>My Favorite Things<\/strong>\u00ab<\/a> \u21d0 is a show tune from the 1959\u00a0<a title=\"Rodgers and Hammerstein\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rodgers_and_Hammerstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rodgers and Hammerstein<\/a>\u00a0musical\u00a0<em><a title=\"The Sound of Music\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Sound_of_Music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sound of Music<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0The song was first introduced by\u00a0Mary Martin\u00a0and\u00a0Patricia Neway\u00a0in the original\u00a0Broadway\u00a0production and sung by\u00a0<a title=\"Julie Andrews\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julie_Andrews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julie Andrews<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a01965 film.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the musical, the lyrics to the song are a reference to things\u00a0Maria\u00a0loves, such as <em>&#8216;raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens&#8217;<\/em>. These are the things she selects to fill her mind with when times are bad.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>raindrops on roses<\/strong> and whiskers on kittens<\/li>\n<li><strong>bright copper kettles<\/strong> and warm woolen mittens<\/li>\n<li><strong>brown paper packages tied up with strings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>these are a few of my favorite things<\/li>\n<li><strong>cream-colored ponies<\/strong> and crisp apple strudels<\/li>\n<li><strong>doorbells<\/strong> and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles<\/li>\n<li><strong>wild geese that fly with the moon<\/strong> on their wings<\/li>\n<li>these are a few of my favorite things<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>silver-white winters that <strong>melt<\/strong> into springs<\/li>\n<li>these are a few of my favorite things<\/li>\n<li><strong>when the dog bites<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0when the bee stings \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0<strong>when I&#8217;m feeling sad<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>I simply remember my favorite things<\/li>\n<li>and then I don&#8217;t feel so bad&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>raindrops on roses\u00a0and <strong>whiskers on kittens<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>bright copper kettles\u00a0and <strong>warm woolen mittens<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>brown paper packages tied up with strings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>these are a few of my favorite things<\/li>\n<li>cream-colored ponies\u00a0and <strong>crisp apple strudels<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>doorbells\u00a0and <strong>sleigh bells<\/strong> and schnitzel with noodles<\/li>\n<li><strong>wild geese that fly with the moon<\/strong>\u00a0on their wings<\/li>\n<li>these are a few of my favorite things<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes<\/li>\n<li><strong>silver-white winters that melt into springs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>these are a few of my favorite things<\/li>\n<li>when the dog bites \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0<strong>when the bee stings<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0when I&#8217;m feeling<strong> sad<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>I simply remember my favorite things<\/li>\n<li>and then I don&#8217;t feel so bad&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207\u00a0 The\u00a0 Supremes\u00a0 \u21d3<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mPncuS0E1yc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U5yMCEOSsNA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><strong>\u2190Al Jarreau<\/strong>&#8216;s version<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4PIdFIGQRxk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u25ca\u2192\u00a0 Betty Carter<\/strong>\u00a0 \u21d0[1964]<\/a><\/h6>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Raindrops on roses\u00a0and whiskers on kittens<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">bright copper kettles\u00a0and warm woolen mittens<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">brown paper packages tied up with strings<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">These are a few of my favorite things<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">Cream-colored ponies\u00a0and crisp apple strudels<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">doorbells\u00a0and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">wild geese that fly with the moon\u00a0on their wings<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">These are a few of my favorite things<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">silver-white winters that\u00a0melt\u00a0into springs<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">These are a few of my favorite things<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When the dog bites\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; \u00a0when the bee stings \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0when I&#8217;m feeling sad<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I simply remember my favorite things and then I don&#8217;t feel so bad&#8230;<\/strong><\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<p><strong>\u2207\u00a0 \u00a0John Coltrane Quintet\u00a0 \u21d3\u00a0 [1961]\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zH3JpqhpkXg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>w\/\u00a0 Eric Dolphy, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner &amp; Reggie Workman.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u21d2\u00bbMy Favorite Things\u00ab \u21d0 is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. 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