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The lively number reappears later in both the original stage version, the film version and the 2013 NBC special broadcast as a deliberately paced and very Austrian-sounding instrumental, the ''[[Ländler]]'', a dance performed by the Captain and Maria. It then serves as the catalyst to a dramatic juncture in the film, as the young [[Novitiate|novice]] Maria realizes that she is in love with the Captain.

The famous [[marionette|marionette puppetry]] sequence in the film was produced and performed by the leading puppeteers of the day, [[Bil Baird]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bil Baird’s World of Puppets {{!}} Charles H. MacNider Art Museum |url=https://macniderart.org/exhibitions/permanet-collection/bil-bairds-world-of-puppets/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> and Cora Eisenberg. The inspiration<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glVzj468pgI |title=THE SOUND OF MUSIC at the Salzburg Marionettentheater |date=2013-05-29 |last=Rodgers & Hammerstein |access-date=2024-09-30 |via=YouTube}}</ref> for the "Lonely Goatherd" scene came from the famous [[Salzburger Marionettentheater]].

According to ''The Sound of Music Companion'', Hammerstein had come up with several phrases to rhyme with the word goatherd, such as "remote heard", "throat heard", "moat heard", etc. to add enjoyment to the song.