( The most beautiful sound I ever heard )

Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . .

( All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word )

Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . .

Maria, Maria . . .

Maria!

I've just met a girl named Maria!

And suddenly that name will never be the same to me . . .

Maria!

I've just kissed a girl named Maria!

And suddenly I've found how wonderful a sound can be . . .

Maria!

Say it loud and there's music playin',

Say it soft and it's almost like prayin',

Maria!

I'll never stop sayin' Maria!

Maria!

I've just kissed a girl named Maria!

And suddenly I've found how wonderful a sound can be . . .

Maria!

Say it loud and there's music playin',

Say it soft and it's almost like prayin',

Maria!

I'll never stop sayin' Maria!

( The most beautiful sound I ever heard )

Maria!

( Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . . )

~ from the 1957 Broadway musical production "West Side Story"

Music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, 1957