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"The Sound of Music (The Hills Are Alive...)"

In this excerpt, Maria gets fired after lecturing Captain von Trapp about his own children. As this is going on, he hears his children singing "The Sound of Music" beautifully for his new fiancée and is compelled to join them while Maria watches in the background.

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