Maria

( 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