My Favorite Things – English Lyrics

• By: Kylie Cantrall

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of musical storytelling with this charming cover! By listening to 'My Favorite Things,' you can learn descriptive adjectives and how to express personal preferences and emotions in English, all while enjoying a catchy, modern pop melody.

[English]

♪♪♪

♪ Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪

♪ Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪

♪ Brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪

♪ These are a few of my favorite things ♪

♪ These are a few of my favorite things ♪

♪ These are a few of my favorite things ♪

♪ Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudel ♪

♪ Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles ♪

♪ Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings ♪

♪ These are a few of my favorite things ♪

♪ When the dog bites ♪

♪ When the bee stings ♪

♪ When I'm feeling sad ♪

♪ I simply remember my favorite things ♪

♪ And then I don't feel so bad ♪

Let's go!

♪ La la la la la, la la la ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes ♪

♪ Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes ♪

♪ Silver white winters that melt into springs ♪

♪ These are a few of my favorite things ♪

♪ When the dog bites ♪

♪ When the bee stings ♪

♪ When I'm feeling sad ♪

♪ When the dog bites ♪

♪ When the bee stings ♪

♪ When I'm feeling sad ♪

♪ I simply remember my favorite things ♪

♪ And then I don't feel ♪

♪ So bad ♪

♪ Bad... ♪

♪ Ooh... ♪

♪ La la la la la la, la la la la ♪

[laughs]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
raindrops /ˈreɪnˌdrɒps/ A2	noun - drops of rain
whiskers /ˈwɪskərz/ B2	noun - long projecting hairs growing on the face of a cat or other animal
kittens /ˈkɪtənz/ A1	noun - young cats
copper /ˈkɒpər/ B1	noun/adjective - a reddish-brown metal
mittens /ˈmɪtənz/ B1	noun - gloves with one section for the thumb and another for the fingers
packages /ˈpækɪdʒɪz/ A2	noun - parcels wrapped in paper
favorite /ˈfeɪvərɪt/ A1	adjective - preferred before all others
crisp /krɪsp/ B2	adjective - brisk, fresh, or firm/crunchy
strudel /ˈstruːdəl/ C2	noun - a layered pastry filled with fruit
sleigh /sleɪ/ B2	noun - a sled drawn by horses or reindeer
schnitzel /ˈʃnɪtsəl/ C2	noun - a thin slice of veal or other meat, coated in breadcrumbs and fried
stings /stɪŋz/ B1	verb - to prick painfully
sashes /ˈsæʃɪz/ C1	noun - a long strip of cloth worn round the body
snowflakes /ˈsnoʊˌfleɪks/ B2	noun - a single crystal of snow
eyelashes /ˈaɪˌlæʃɪz/ B1	noun - short hairs on the edge of the eyelid

Key Grammar Structures

• Brown paper packages tied up with strings

  ➔ Past Participle Phrase as an Adjective

  ➔ "Tied up" acts as a reduced relative clause modifying "packages".

• Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings

  ➔ Relative Clause

  ➔ "That fly..." is a defining relative clause identifying which geese are being described.

• When the dog bites

  ➔ Adverbial Clause of Time

  ➔ The conjunction "when" introduces the time context for the main action.

• When I'm feeling sad

  ➔ Present Continuous for Stative/Emotive states

  ➔ Using "feeling" in the continuous form emphasizes the temporary or ongoing nature of the mood.

• I simply remember my favorite things

  ➔ Adverb placement with Transitive Verb

  ➔ The adverb "simply" modifies the verb "remember" to denote ease of action.

• And then I don't feel so bad

  ➔ Negative construction with intensifier

  ➔ "So" acts as an intensifier for "bad" in this negative sentence, softening the impact.

• Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes

  ➔ Prepositional Phrases as Post-modifiers

  ➔ Multiple prepositional phrases "in..." and "with..." add descriptive detail to "girls".

• Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes

  ➔ Relative clause with transitive sense

  ➔ "Stay" is used here as an intransitive verb indicating position, followed by a prepositional phrase.