Jolly Holiday

"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 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, Ginny Tyler, Paul Frees, Marc Breaux, Marni Nixon, and Thurl Ravenscroft.

This song also appears in the musical, but it was changed to fit the story of Neleus from Mary Poppins Opens the Door.

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.

P. L. Travers' Mary Poppins
Books	Mary Poppins (1934) Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935) Mary Poppins Opens the Door (1943) Mary Poppins in the Park (1952) Mary Poppins From A to Z (1962) Mary Poppins in the Kitchen (1975) Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane (1982) Mary Poppins and the House Next Door (1988)
Characters	Mary Poppins Mr. Banks Mrs. Banks The Banks children Bert Miss Lark Admiral Boom The servants
Adaptions	Mary Poppins (1964 film) Mary Poppins, Goodbye (1983 musical miniseries) Mary Poppins (2004 musical) Saving Mr. Banks (2013 related film)
Songs	"Sister Suffragette" "The Life I Lead" "The Perfect Nanny" "A Spoonful of Sugar" "Jolly Holiday" "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" "Stay Awake" "I Love to Laugh" "Feed the Birds" "Fidelity Fiduciary Bank" "Chim Chim Cher-ee" "Step in Time" "A Man Has Dreams" "Let's Go Fly a Kite"
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