The Lonely Goatherd

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show tune song

"The Lonely Goatherd" is a yodel-filled, folk-style song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, often remembered for its playful puppet-show performance in the film adaptation.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	show tune → song →
associatedFranchise	The Sound of Music →
associatedWith	Maria von Trapp (character) → the von Trapp children (characters) →
composer	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
featuredIn	The Sound of Music (1965 film) → The Sound of Music (original Broadway production) →
firstPerformanceContext	stage musical The Sound of Music →
firstPerformanceYear	1959 →
genre	folk-style song → show tune →
hasAudience	family audiences →
hasCharacterMention	goatherd → prince → princess →
hasElement	call-and-response sections → comic narrative lyrics →
hasForm	strophic song →
hasInstrumentation	guitar or simple accompaniment (in some stage versions) → orchestra (in film version) →
hasRefrain	"Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo" →
hasType	comic song →
includedIn	The Sound of Music (film soundtrack) → The Sound of Music (original cast recording) →
language	English →
lyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED →
medium	musical theatre →
musicalTheatreCreators	Rodgers and Hammerstein →
notableFilmSequenceType	puppet show →
notableFor	extensive yodeling passages → playful puppet-show staging in the 1965 film →
originalProductionLocation	Broadway →
originalShowOpeningYear	1959 →
partOf	The Sound of Music (1965 film) → The Sound of Music (stage musical) →
partOfWork	The Sound of Music →
publisher	Williamson Music →
recordedBy	film cast of The Sound of Music (1965) → original Broadway cast of The Sound of Music →
settingInStory	Austria →
tempo	up-tempo →
timePeriodInStory	late 1930s →
usedAs	children’s song → comic relief number →
vocalStyle	yodeling →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Richard Rodgers →	notableWork