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Chim Chim Cher-ee

General information

Feature films

Mary PoppinsSaving Mr. Banks

Shows

The Wonderful World of DisneyDisney's Broadway Hits at Royal Albert Hall

Attractions and stage performances

The Great Movie RideSpectroMagicKing Arthur CarrouselMary Poppins

Video games

Dance Dance Revolution Disney MixDance Dance Revolution Disney Grooves

Albums

Mary Poppins soundtrackDisney Songs: The Satchmo WayThe Disney Collection - Volume 1 (1987 edition)/Volume 2 (1991 and 2006 editions)The Music of Disney: A Legacy in SongMickey Mouse DiscoClassic Disney - Volume IDisney's Greatest - Volume 2Dive into DisneyUltimate Disney (2004)The Best Disney Album in the World ...Ever!Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney SongsPure DisneyThe Sherman Brothers SongbookDisney Lullaby & GoodnightDisney's Lullaby Album Volume 2: Gentle Instrumental Favorites for BabyDisney Greatest MusicalsThe Magic of DisneyNow That's What I Call Disney (UK version)Absolute Disney: Volume 1Ultimate Disney (2018)Now That's What I Call Disney BedtimeDisney Ultimate Hits Vol. 2Disney Guitar: The Molly Miller SessionsDisney Peaceful Piano: Break TimeLofi Minnie: ChillMannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse

Composer

Richard M. ShermanRobert B. Sherman

Lyrics

Richard M. ShermanRobert B. Sherman

Performers

Bert (Dick Van Dyke)Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews)Jane Banks (Karen Dotrice)Michael Banks (Matthew Garber)

Other performers

Louis ArmstrongALLHoogway

Video

Source "Chim Chim Cher-ee" is a song from the 1964 film Mary Poppins. It was sung by Bert, Mary Poppins, Jane, and Michael. It is also featured prominently in the award-winning Cameron Mackintosh/Disney stage musical of the same name which premiered in London at the Prince Edward Theatre in 2004 and on Broadway on November 16, 2006 with additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. It was heard in the Mary Poppins scene of The Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios and during the Mary Poppins segment of Magical: Disney's New Nighttime Spectacular of Magical Celebrations at Disneyland.

The song won the 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2005, Julie Andrews included it as part of "Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney Songs". It was included in Disney Sing Along Songs: Be Our Guest.

Contents

• 1 Songwriters
• 2 Inspiration
• 3 Lyrics
  • 3.1 Movie Version
  • 3.2 Musical Version
• 4 Covers
• 5 Trivia
• 6 Videos
• 7 References

Songwriters[]

The song was written by the Sherman Brothers, who also won an Oscar and a Grammy Award for the film's song score.

Inspiration[]

The song was inspired by one of the drawings of a chimney sweep created by the film's screenwriter, Don DaGradi. When asked about the drawing by the Sherman Brothers, DaGradi explained the ancient British folklore attributed to "sweeps" and how shaking hands with one could bring a person good luck. In their 1961 treatment, the Sherman Brothers had already amalgamated many of the P.L. Travers characters in the creation of "Bert". His theme music became the song.

In addition to the "standard" version of the song which Bert sings to Jane and Michael, he sings short snippets of it to himself at various times, with different verses specific to an unfolding plot element.

Lyrics[]

Movie Version[]

• One Man Band scene
• Lyrics 1
• Lyrics 2
• Pre-Demo

(spoken) All right, ladies and gents. Comical poems suitable for the occasion, extemporized and thought up before your very eyes. All right, here we go. (sung) Room here for everyone Gathered around (spoken) The constable's responstable. Now, how does that sound? (instrumental) (sung) Hello, Miss Lark, I got one for you (spoken) Miss Lark likes to walk in the park... With Andrew. Hello, Andrew. (sung) Ah, Mrs. Cory, a story for you (spoken) Your daughters were shorter than you, but they grew. (sung) Dear Miss Persimmon... Wind's in the East Mist comin' in Like something is brewin' About to begin Can't put me finger on what lies in store (spoken) But I feel what's to happen, All happened before.

Pavement Artist scene: Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-oo I does what I likes and I likes what I do (spoken) Hello, art lovers! Today I'm a screever and as you can see A screever's an artist of highest degree And it's all me own work From me own memory Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-oo I draws what I likes and I likes what I drew No remuneration do I ask of you But me cap would be glad of a copper or two Me cap would be glad of a copper or two Pavement Artist scene (Reprise) as Bert cleans up the art: Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-oo Duh dum, duh-duh-dum, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, dum Hmm, mmm...

Bert: Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky As lucky can be Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-oo! Good luck will rub off When I shakes hands with you Or blow me a kiss And that's lucky too Now as the ladder Of life has been strung You may think a sweep's On the bottommost rung Though I spends me time In the ashes and smoke In this whole wide world There's no happier bloke Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky As lucky can be Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-oo! Good luck will rub off When I shakes hands with you Bert, Jane, and Michael: Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky As lucky can be Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-oo! Good luck will rub off When I shakes hands with you Bert: I choose me bristles With pride, yes, I do A broom for the shaft And a brush for the flue Up where the smoke Is all billered and curled 'Tween pavement and stars Is the chimney sweep world When there's hardly no day Nor hardly no night There's things half in shadow And halfway in light On the rooftops of London Coo! What a sight! Mary Poppins: Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee! When you're with a sweep You're in glad company Bert: Nowhere is there A more happier crew Mary Poppins and Bert: Than them what sings "Chim chim cher-ee Chim cher-oo! Chim chiminey chim chim Cher-ee chim cher-oo!"

Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky As lucky can be Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-oo! Good luck will rub off When he shakes hands with you Good luck will rub off When he shakes hands with you Now as the ladder Of life has been strung You may think a sweep's On the bottommost rung Though he spends me time In the ashes and smoke In this whole wide world There's no happier bloke In this whole wide world There's no happier bloke Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky As lucky can be Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-oo! Good luck will rub off When I shakes hands with you Good luck will rub off When I shakes hands with you I choose me bristles With pride, yes, I do A broom for the shaft And a brush for the flue Though he's covered with soot From his head to his toes A sweep knows he's welcome wherever he goes A sweep knows he's welcome wherever he goes Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky As lucky can be Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-oo! Good luck will rub off When he shakes hands with you In my profession, there's many a time When I embark on a dangerous climb So when he's up at a perilous height For luck, with his left, he shakes hands with his right For luck, with his left, he shakes hands with his right Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky As lucky can be Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-oo! Good luck will rub off When he shakes hands with you And You And You And You And You

Musical Version[]

• Prologue
• Winds do Change
• Ups and Downs
• Rooftop Duet
• Rooftop Reprise

Winds in the east, there's a mist comin' in Like somethin' is brewin' and 'bout to begin. Can't put me finger on what lies in store, But I feel what's to happen all happened before. A father, a mother, a daughter a son - The threads of their lives unraveling undone - Somethin' is needed to twist 'em as tight, like string you might use when you're flyin' a kite - Chim chiminey chim chim, Che-ree chim cheroo [...] Of all London's by-ways where I doff my cap This one's the hardest to find on a map Cherry Tree Lane, as sweet as a song But the nannies who come here don't stay for long Chim chiminey chim chim, Che-ree chim cheroo

Bert: Winds do change, tides can turn Sink or swim, see what you learn Me, I was told when I was small Just learn a trade, so I learned 'em all Chim chiminey chim chim--

Bert: The wind may blow, but who's to know Exactly what it's bringing Good news or bad, happy or sad The pendulum keeps swinging [...] A game is played, a change is made But still the road is long And though they might yet fly a kite Sometimes with winds too strong [...] Twists and turns, ups and downs One moment smiles, next moment frowns But bad tempered faces had better change quick 'Cos if the wind changes, the face might just stick Chim chiminey chim chim, Che-ree chim cheroo

Bert: Up where the smoke is all billowed and curled Pavement and stars is the chimney sweeps world When it's hardly no day nor hardly no night There's things off in shadows and upways in light On the Rooftops of London... (Spoken) Ooo what a sight Mary: Oh you're a sweep now, are you? Bert: Best view in the world aye? And who gets to see it?! The birds, the stars, and the chimney sweeps. Nothing can beat it, aye? (Sung) Now as the ladder Of life has been strung You may think a sweep's On the bottommost rung Though I spends me time In the ashes and smoke In this whole wide world There's no happier bloke 'Both: Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky As lucky can be Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-oo! Good luck will rub off Mary: Good luck will rub off when he shakes hands with you Bert: Or blow me a kiss Mary: Bert! Bert: And that's lucky too (Spoken) Does this mean you're going? Mary: The wind has changed. Bert: But they're good kids, Mary! Mary: But I'd be bothering with them if they weren't! But I can't help them if they won't let me and no one is as hard to teach as a child he knows everything. Bert: So Mary: So they've got to do the next bit on their own. (Sung) Both: Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee! Mary: When you're with a sweep You're in glad company... (Spoken) Goodbye, Bert. (Sung) Bert: Chim...chim Chim chim cher-ee When you're with a sweep, you're in glad company Now where is there a more happier crew Than them's what sings "Chim chim cher-ee Chim cher-oo! Chim chiminey chim chim Cher-ee chim-" (Spoken) Mary: Cheerio Bert! Keep an eye on them for me.

A chimney swept, a secret kept Up here above the gables Another world to be unfurled It ain't just myths and fables A chimney stack looks cold and black Against a twilit sky But never fear, there's warmth up here Perhaps you'll find out why [...] Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee! Now guardian angels you don't often see They're not high fallutin', not grand nor aloof Nah, they're covered in soot and they're up on your roof Jane. Michael: Chim chiminey chim chim cher-ee Bert: See it's true (Transitions into "Step in Time")

Covers[]

• Plastic Tree in Japanese on the 2011 album V-Rock Disney
• On 2013 album Disney - Koe no Oujisama Vol.3, which features various seiyus covering Disney songs, the song was covered by Takuma Terashima

Trivia[]

• According to Richard M. Sherman, the film originally planned to have a march score for the rooftop scene.[1]
• The song is heard in The Great Movie Ride.

Videos[]

Disney Instrumental ǀ Neverland Orchestra - Chim Chim Cher-ee-2Disney Instrumental ǀ Fred Mollin - Chim Chim Cher-ee-2Disney Peaceful Guitar - Chim Chim Cher-ee (Disney Guitar- The Molly Miller Sessions)-2Chim Chim Cher-ee-2Chim Chim Cheree-2Disney Music Block PartyFantasyland Area Music (Disneyland)~Chim Chim Cher-eeKing Arthur Carrousel (2005)~Chim-Chim-Cher-ee-2Chim Chim Cher-ee-3Disney Eurobeat - Chim Chim Cher Ee-2DDR Disney Grooves- Chim Chim Cher-ee-2Chim Chim Cher-ee-4Hoogway - Chim Chim Cher-ee (From "Lofi Minnie- Chill"-Visualizer Video)Mary Poppins MedleyChim Chim Cher-ee (Mannheim)

References[]

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PxLmfkBzfUM

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