2007-08-28 06:15:39 · 9 answers · asked by Mac da Most/ SD Factor 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It is not an expression, they are the first three notes on a musical scale in "solfage". They correspond to the notes C, D, E. The whole scale is:
C-Do D-Re E-Mi F-Fa G-So A-La B-Ti
A song from "The Sound of Music":
Doe, a deer, a female deer.
Ray, a drop of golden sun.
Me, a name I call myself.
Far, a long, long way to run.
Sew, a needle pulling thread,
La, a note to follow sew,
Tea, a drink with jam and bread!
That will bring us back to do oh-oh-oh!
2007-08-28 06:26:19 · answer #1 · answered by ♫♥~nycgirl~♥♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger songs that use the expression in the sense of having money.
There is a Woody Guthrie song, "Do-Re-Mi" from his Dust Bowl cycle, and some by Pete Seeger and others that use the phrase as meaning money. There is also an album called " If You Ain't Got the Do-Re-Mi" including songs by various artists that came out this year.
Lines in these songs generally say something like..If you want to be able to enjoy life or have things, you better have that "Do Re Mi." I'm assuming it is probably just a play on the fact that Do rhymes with Dough which has been a slang term for money for a long time, but I don't know that to be a fact.
I haven't been able to run that entomology to ground but will keep looking.
2007-08-28 06:38:19 · answer #2 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Doe Ray Me
2016-11-04 04:53:15 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means nothing - it is the first three notes of "Solfage" - the western 7-note scale beginning on Middle C on the keyboard.
Do Re Mi are initials of the first three latin words that make up the notes of the scale.
The entire scale is Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti [Do]
2007-08-28 06:19:38 · answer #4 · answered by rstrother 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First three letters of the scale Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do. I remember the vocal music teacher always had us sing it, forward and backwards, as she played the notes on the piano. We would "tune" on "Do." In slang, It refers to money. Dough means $$$. As in "I haven't got the do re mi."
2007-08-28 06:30:54 · answer #5 · answered by soupkitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I beleive that I've heard that expression used to mean money (dough) as well as the first three tones of the tonic solfa.
2007-08-28 06:23:43 · answer #6 · answered by picador 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doe is a deer, a female deer,
ray is a drop of golden sun
me is a name I call myself. and so on.
2007-08-28 06:35:52 · answer #7 · answered by loufedalis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
doe-a deer a female deer
ray-a drop of golden sun
me-a name I call myself
2007-08-28 06:24:39 · answer #8 · answered by luvmiapbt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may mean don't nag
2007-08-28 06:29:29 · answer #9 · answered by Kenny G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋