la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma he he he he he ha ha ha ha ha ho ho ho ho ho hooo ha ha ha ha ha he he he he he ho ho ho ho ho hooo ha ha ha ha ha he he he he he ho ho ho ho ho hooo ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha oh when i was a little girl i wanted to be a soprano but my mother said my dear you ve got to practice you piano no soprano s in demand but a piano s always grand and grand pianos in a band make money darling and so each afternoon when i come home from school i practice like a bloody fool you can t imagine all the awful things i play i could never see a friend i d have to practice without end and as the time was dripping by i watched the clock without denial look out the window at the sky i wished so tearfully that i could go outside and play instead of wasting every day learning something that without a doubt i could have really done without it was such a bore and i could here the boy next door was having fun and that was something that i d really never done when i was a little girl i wanted to be a soprano but i had to sit and practice on my rotten old piano playing major scales and than i played the minors once again now up and down the keys i play and out of these i play a tirade of all the exercises never any new surprises girl you keep your fingers round what a sound all i wanted was to sing and not to make the rafters ring with my old piano practicing i would have broke my back to sing but hated every minute at the keyboard i devote that is why today i m a soprano but the sight of a piano makes me shudder for i cannot play a note