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Song by the Sherman Brothers
"
Jolly Holiday
" is a song from
Walt Disney
's 1964 film
Mary Poppins
. It was composed by
Richard M. Sherman
and
Robert B. Sherman
.
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The song is sung in the film by Bert (
Dick Van Dyke
) and Mary (
Julie Andrews
) in the pastel fantasy sequence before reaching the carousel.
Oscar
-winning music arranger
Irwin Kostal
provided the much lauded orchestration. The singing animal voices were provided by
Bill Lee
(as Ram),
Ginny Tyler
(as Lambs),
Paul Frees
(as Barnyard Horse),
Marc Breaux
(as Cow),
Marni Nixon
(as Geese),
Thurl Ravenscroft
(as Hog / Pig) and
Peter Ellenshaw
(as Penguin Waiter), with
Daws Butler
,
Dal McKennon
and Richard M. Sherman voicing the other Penguins.
This song also appears in the
2004 musical
, but it was changed to fit the story of Neleus from
Mary Poppins Opens the Door
.
[
citation needed
]
The motion picture takes place in 1910 (although the
P.L. Travers
books place the story in 1934) and the song is in the
Music Hall
style of the period.
This song has been parodied in
Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act
and the show's album, with the name "Jolly Holiday with Rudy," which made fun of the cleaning of Broadway at the time.
This musical number also appears in the
Sing Along Songs
series of Disney videos.
References
[
edit
]
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Hischak, Thomas S.; Robinson, Mark A. (2009).
The Disney Song Encyclopedia
. Scarecrow Press. p. 105.
ISBN
9780810869387
.
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