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Rolf & Liesl
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"Sixteen Going on Seventeen" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. The lyrics of the song state that Liesl is a young girl at the beginning of her womanhood, and that she can depend on Rolf for guidance, because he is a good year older. Since the comparative maturity of the two characters in the story is the opposite of that expressed in the song, this is an example of lyrical irony. In the motion picture version, the song was filmed in and around a gazebo which is still visited by hundreds of tourists each day doing "Sound of Music" tours around Salzburg though the gazebo interiors were filmed in Hollywood. A reprise of "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" is also sung by Maria and Liesl in the Sound of Music play and in the movie when the Captain and Maria come back from their honeymoon and Rolf has rejected Liesl. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Sixteen Going On Seventeen
1,6552Sixteen Going On Seventeen (sok iye)
43Something Stupid (Becomes Something Serious)
44Sixteen Going Seventeen
3516 Going on 17
36I Am Sixteen Going On Seventeen
27Sixteen Going On Seventeen (from the Original Cast Recording of 'The Sound Of Music')
1816 Going on 17 (Bonus)
19Do-Re-Mi ... Maria and the Children
110I Am Sixteen (Going On Seventeen)
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The Sound Of Music
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The Sound of Music - The Collector's Edition
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The Sound Of Music (40th Anniversary)
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The Sound Of Music: 40th Anniversary Special Edition [Bonus Tracks]
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The Sound of Music: 40th Anniversary Special Edition
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The Sound Of Music (Music From The NBC Television Event)
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The Sound of Music [40th Anniversary Special Edition]
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The Sound Of Music Soundtrack
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Sound Of Music
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The Sound Of Music: Original Cast Recording
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The Sound of Music (Disc 2)
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The Sound of Music OST