Originally, the Mother Abbess sings the song at the end of the first act, but when Ernest Lehman wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation, he shifted the scene so that this song would be the first major song of the second act.
The Mother Abbess sings the song at the end of the first act. This is originally. He shifted the scene. This song would be the first major song of the second act. Ernest Lehman wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation.