Children:
There`s a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say "cuckoo"
   Marta, Gretl, Brigitta:
Cuckoo, cuckoo
   Children:       Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: 
Regretfully they tell us    Cuckoo, cuckoo 
But firmly they compel us    Cuckoo, cuckoo 
To say goodbye . . .  
   Marta, Gretl, Brigitta:
Cuckoo!
   Children:
. . . to you
   Children:
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night
   Marta:
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight
   Children:
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu
   Friedrich:
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu
   Children:
So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen
   Liesl:
I`d like to stay and taste my first champagne
   Children:
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
   Kurt:
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye -- Goodbye!
   Brigitta:
I`m glad to go, I cannot tell a lie
   Louisa:
I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly
   Gretl:
The sun has gone to bed and so must I
   Children:
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
   Guests:
Goodbye!