<Tr> <Th> Lyricist (s) </Th> <Td> Oscar Hammerstein II </Td> </Tr> <P> "My Favorite Things" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music . </P> <P> In the original Broadway production, this song was introduced by Mary Martin playing Maria and Patricia Neway playing Mother Abbess . Julie Andrews, who played Maria in the 1965 film version of the musical, had previously sung the song on the Christmas special for The Garry Moore Show . </P> <P> In the musical, the lyrics to the song are a reference to things Maria loves, such as "whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens". These are the things she selects to fill her mind with when times are bad . </P>

Who sings the song these are a few of my favorite things