SHE CLIMBS A TREE
AND SCRAPES HER KNEE
HER DRESS
HAS GOT A TEAR
SHE WALTZES
ON HER WAY TO MASS
AND WHISTLES
ON THE STAIR
AND UNDERNEATH
HER WIMPLE
SHE HAS CURLERS
IN HER HAIR
I'VE EVEN HEARD HER
SINGING IN THE ABBEY
SHE'S ALWAYS
LATE FOR CHAPEL
BUT HER PENITENCE
IS REAL
SHE'S ALWAYS LATE
FOR EVERYTHING
EXCEPT FOR
EVERY MEAL
I HATE TO
HAVE TO SAY IT
BUT I VERY FIRMLY FEEL
MARIA'S NOT AN ASSET
TO THE ABBEY
I'D LIKE TO SAY A WORD
IN HER BEHALF
THEN SAY IT SISTER
MARGARETTA
MARIA
MAKES ME
LAUGH
HA HA HA HA HA
HA HA HA HA
HOW DO YOU SOLVE
A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA
HOW DO YOU CATCH
A CLOUD
AND PIN IT DOWN
HOW DO YOU
FIND A WORD
THAT MEANS MARIA
A FLIBBERTIGIBBET
A WILL-O'-THE-WISP
A CLOWN
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
HOW DO YOU KEEP
A WAVE
UPON THE SAND
OH HOW DO YOU SOLVE
A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA
HOW DO YOU HOLD
A MOONBEAM
IN YOUR HAND
WHEN I'M WITH HER
I'M CONFUSED
OUT OF FOCUS
AND BEMUSED
AND I NEVER KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE I AM
UNPREDICTABLE
AS WEATHER
SHE'S AS FLIGHTY
AS A FEATHER
SHE'S A DARLING
SHE'S A DEMON
SHE'S A LAMB
SHE'LL OUT-PESTER
ANY PEST
DRIVE A HORNET
FROM ITS NEST
SHE CAN THROW
A WHIRLING DERVISH
OUT OF WHIRL
SHE IS GENTLE
SHE IS WILD
SHE'S A RIDDLE
SHE'S A CHILD
SHE'S A HEADACHE
SHE'S AN ANGEL
SHE'S A GIRL
HOW DO YOU SOLVE
A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA
HOW DO YOU CATCH
A CLOUD
AND PIN IT DOWN
HOW DO YOU FIND
A WORD
THAT MEANS MARIA
A FLIBBERTIGIBBET
A WILL-O'-THE-WISP
A CLOWN
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
HOW DO YOU
KEEP A WAVE
UPON THE SAND
OH
HOW DO YOU SOLVE
A PROBLEM
LIKE MARIA
HOW DO YOU HOLD
A MOONBEAM
IN YOUR HAND