Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Lyrics
MARY POPPINS
Super… calif… ragilistic… expialid… ocious! Oh!
MICHAEL
That’s not a word!
MARY POPPINS
Spoken
Of course it’s a word. And unless I’m very much mistaken, I think it’s going to prove a rather useful one.
Singing
When trying to express oneself, it’s frankly quite absurd
To leaf through lengthy lexicons, to find the perfect word.
A little spontaneity keeps conversation keen
You need to find a way to say precisely what you mean.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Even though the sound of it is simply quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough, you’ll always sound precocious
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Um diddle um diddle um diddle ay
Um diddle um diddle um diddle ay
JANE
Spoken
But it doesn’t mean anything!
MARY POPPINS
Spoken
It can mean precisely what you want it to!
Singing
When stone-age men were chatting, simply grunting would suffice.
BERT
Though if they’d heard this word, they might have used it once or twice.
MARY POPPINS
Spoken
That’s right.
MRS CORRY
I’m sure Egyptian pharaohs would have grasped it in a jiff.
Then every single pyramid would bear this hieroglyph! Oh!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Say it and wild animals would not seem so ferocious
MARY POPPINS
Add some further flourishes, it’s so
MRS CORRY
Ahhh
MARY POPPINS
Ahhhh
BERT
Ah-ah-ah-ah
ALL
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Um diddle um diddle um diddle ay
Um diddle um diddle um diddle ay
Um diddle um diddle um diddle ay
Um diddle um diddle um diddle ay
BERT
The Druids could have carved it on their mighty monoliths
MRS CORRY
The ancient Greeks, I’m certain, could have used it in their myths
MARY POPPINS
I’m sure the Roman Empire only entered the abyss
Because those Latin scholars never had a word like this!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
MARY POPPINS
If you say it softly, the effect can be hypnocious.
BERT
Check your breath before you speak, in case it’s halitotious
MARY POPPINS
Spoken
Oh, Bert.
ALL
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Um diddle um diddle um diddle ay
Um diddle um diddle um diddle ay
Um diddle um diddle um diddle ay
Um diddle um diddle um diddle ay!
MARY POPPINS
Of course, you can say it backwards, which is suoicodiliaipxecitsiligarfilacrepus.
MICHAEL
She may be tricky, but she’s bloody good!
MARY POPPINS
So when the cat has got your tongue, there’s no need for dismay.
Just summon up this word and then you’ve got a lot to say.
BERT
Pick out those 18 consonants and 16 vowels as well
And put them in an order, which is very hard to spell…
MARY POPPINS
S-U-P-E-R
BERT
R
MARY POPPINS
C-A-L-I-F
BERT
F
MARY POPPINS
R-A-G-I-L
JANE & MICHAEL
I-S-T-I-C-E-X-P-I-A-L-I-D-O-C-I-O-U-S!
BERT
Clever clogs…
ALL
S-U-P-E-R- C-A-L-I-F-R-A-G-I-L-I-S-T-I-C-E-X-P-I-A-L-I-D-O-C-I-O-U-S!
S-U-P-E-R
C-A-L-I-F
R-A-G-I-L
I-S-T-I-C-E-X-P-I-A-L-I-D-O-C-I-O-U-S!
S-U-P-E-R
C-A-L-I-F
R-A-G-I-L
I-S-T-I-C-E-X-P-I-A-L-I-D-O-C-I-O-U-S!
BERT
Spoken
Here we go!
ALL
Singing
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough, you’ll always sound precocious
Supercalifragilistic
JANE & MICHAEL
Supercalifragilistic
ALL
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!