Jolly Holiday
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"Jolly Holiday" is a song from Walt Disney's film Mary Poppins. It was composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The song is sung in the film by (Dick Van Dyke) and (Julie Andrews) in the pastel fantasy sequence before reaching the carousel. Oscar winning music arranger, Irwin Kostal provided the much lauded orchestration.
[edit] Trivia
The motion picture takes place in 1910 (although the P.L. Travers books place the story in 1934) and for this reason the song was written in turn of the century Music Hall style. It is the only song in the score which was written with chrono-stylistic accuracy in mind.
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.
[edit] Literary Sources
- Sherman, Robert B. Walt's Time: from before to beyond. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998.
