Excerpts from MARY POPPINS SCENE 9: SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS

Home , Mary Poppins (character)

MARY POPPINS enters a bare stage.

MARY POPPINS Jane, Michael, come along. We can't stand around all day talking shop.

MICHAEL and JANE BANKS enter.

MICHAEL ‘Talking shop’? What a silly expression.

MARY POPPINS There's nothing silly about it in the least.

JANE What do you buy in a talking shop?

MARY POPPINS Conversations, of course.

JANE Well, I've never seen a talking shop.

MARY POPPINS Well, there is only one and it belongs to Mrs. Corry.

MICHAEL Who's Mrs. Corry?

BERT enters.

BERT ‘Who's Mrs. Corry?’? Mrs. Corry is older than anyone in the world!

MARY POPPINS And now we must go inside and meet her.

JANE Inside where?

MARY POPPINS Anything can happen if you let it.

Mrs. Corry's Shop magically appears. MRS. CORRY is surrounded by clamoring CUSTOMERS demanding to buy conversations. But as they shout, their conversation starts to dribble into silence.

MRS. CORRY That's it! I've run out of conversations!

MARY POPPINS Good day to you, Mrs. Corry.

MRS. CORRY Well, well, well... if it isn't Mary Poppins! With Jane and Michael Banks!

MICHAEL & JANE She knows us?

MRS. CORRY Of course I do! Now, Mary Poppins, what can I do for you?

MARY POPPINS Well, I did want an ounce of conversations.

MRS. CORRY I'm out of conversations, and I'm right out of words, too. You see, I've had a lot of chatterboxes in here today... but let me see what we have left. (rummages around and pulls out a jar) Ooooh, I do have some letters -- and a little bit of backchat. An ounce you say? That'll be fifteen letters. Go on, take your pick.

MARY POPPINS Jane. You can choose seven.

JANE I've got a D, G, R, U, C, L and I.

MICHAEL They're no good. You can't make a conversation out of them.

MARY POPPINS Your turn, Michael. Seven more.

MICHAEL A, F, S, E, T, O and P.

MARY POPPINS And I'll choose an... X!

The CUSTOMERS gasp at MARY’s audacious choice!

Now, what words can we make?

JANE Well, I see “Dog” and “Cat.”

MRS. CORRY “Rautoplex.” That's nine.

BERT “Lapitoferus.” That's eleven. Nearly there.

JANE Those don't count. You made them up!

MRS. CORRY And where do you think words came from in the first place? Somebody had to make them up.

MARY POPPINS You know, you can always use the same letter more than once. Now let me see... Super... calif... ragil... istic... expi... alid... ocious!

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MICHAEL That's not a word.

MARY POPPINS Of course it's a word. And unless I'm very much mistaken, I think it's going to prove a rather useful one.

WHEN TRYING TO EXPRESS ONESELF IT'S FRANKLY QUITE ABSURD

MRS. CORRY TO LEAF THROUGH LENGTHY LEXICONS TO FIND THE PERFECT WORD

BERT A LITTLE SPONTANEITY KEEPS CONVERSATION KEEN

MARY POPPINS YOU NEED TO FIND A WAY TO SAY PRECISELY WHAT YOU MEAN... SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS

MRS. CORRY EVEN THOUGH THE SOUND OF IT IS SOMETHING QUITE ATROCIOUS

BERT IF YOU SAY IT LOUD ENOUGH, YOU'LL ALWAYS SOUND PRECOCIOUS

MARY POPPINS, BERT & MRS. CORRY SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS

The CUSTOMERS draw in.

MARY POPPINS, MRS. CORRY, BERT & CUSTOMERS UM DIDDLE DIDDLE DIDDLE UM DIDDLE AY UM DIDDLE DIDDLE DIDDLE UM DIDDLE AY UM DIDDLE DIDDLE DIDDLE UM DIDDLE AY UM DIDDLE DIDDLE DIDDLE UM DIDDLE AY

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 EIGHTEEN CONSONANTS, ADD SIXTEEN VOWELS AS WELL AND PUT THEM IN AN ORDER WHICH IS VERY HARD TO SPELL

As MARY POPPINS spells, BERT acts out the letters.

MARY POPPINS S-U-P-E-R, C-A-L-I-F, R-A-G-I-L--

MICHAEL & JANE (jumping in quickly) I-S-T-I-C-E-X-P-I-A-L-I-D, O-C-I-O-U-S

BERT Clever clogs! ALL join in the charades.

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 (S-U-P-E-R), C-A-L-I-F (C-A-L-I-F), R-A-G-I-L (R-A-G-I-L), I-S-T-I-C-E-X-P-I-A-L-I-D, O-C-I-O-U-S

(increasing in tempo) S-U-P-E-R (S-U-P-E-R), C-A-L-I-F (C-A-L-I-F), R-A-G-I-L (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 Here we go! ALL SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS EVEN THOUGH THE SOUND OF IT IS SOMETHING QUITE ATROCIOUS IF YOU SAY IT LOUD ENOUGH YOU'LL ALWAYS SOUND PRECOCIOUS SUPERCALIFRAGILISTIC MICHAEL & JANE SUPERCALIFRAGILISTIC ALL SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!

ALL strike a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious pose!

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MARY POPPINS: Music & Lyrics - Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman "....OCIOUS!" Additional Music and Lyrics - George Stiles and Anthony Drewe

MICHAEL: MARY POPPINS: That's not a word. Of course it's a word. And unless I'm very much mistaken, I think it's going to prove a rather useful one.

2 Moderato MARY POPPINS             When                                  mp 3                       

6 MRS. CORRY                   try - ing to ex - press one - self it's frank - ly quite ab - surd, to                                                      

10 BERT                      leaf through leng - thy lex - i - cons to find the per - fect word. A lit - tle spon - tan -                                                              

poco rit. 15 MARY POPPINS                e - it - y keeps con - vers - a - tion keen. You                                                       

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18 Colla voce poco rit.                    need to find a way to say pre - cise - ly what you mean.

                                    

Steady - In 2 22 MRS. CORRY                        Su - per cal - i - frag - i - lis - tic - ex - pi - al - i - do - cious! E - ven tho’ the sound of it is

                                                                        28 BERT                      some-thing quite a - tro - cious If you say it loud e - nough you’ll al -ways sound pre -

                                      

                           33 MARY, BERT, MRS. CORRY                     co - cious Su - per - cal - i - frag - i - lis - tic - ex - pi - al - i - do - cious.                                                               NY DEC. 2009 12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Mary Poppins 105 38 p MRS CORRY & CUSTOMERS                                  Um - di -dle i - dle i - dle Um di -dle ay Um di -dle i - dle i - dle um di -dle ay                                                                    42 poco accel. MARY            S  ff So A                              Um - di -dle i - dle i - dle Um di -dle ay Um - di -dle i - dle i - dle Um di -dle ay ff T B                                  Um - di -dle i - dle i - dle Um di -dle ay Um - di -dle i - dle i - dle Um di -dle ay                              ff                                    46                       when the cat has got your tongue there’s no need for dis - may Just                                                              50   BERT                       sum - mon up this word and then you’ve got a lot to say. Pick

                                                           12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious NY DEC. 2009 Mary Poppins 106

54                     out those eigh - teen con - so - nants add six - teen vowels as well and                                                           58 rit.                        put them in an or - der which is ve - ry hard to spell.                                                                                   

[TEACHING BLOCK]  Slowly 62 MARY                            S - u - p - e - r c - a - l - i - f r - a - g - i - l -                                               

 Presto accel. BERT: "Smarty Pants." 65 JANE & MICHAEL                                  i - s - t - i - c - e - x - p - i - a - l - i - d - o - c - i - o - u - s                                                                             NY DEC. 2009 12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Mary Poppins 107

Very slow accel. poco a poco 163 COMPANY                        S - u - p - e - r c - a - l - i - f r - a - g - i - l -                                                                                                                        

166                                i - s - t - i - c - e - x - p - i - a - l - i - d - o - c - i - o - u - s                                                                                                                             

MARY + BERT, MRS CORRY JANE & MICHAEL & ENS 169 (INSIDE)                         S - u - p - e - r c - a - l - i - f r - a - g - i - l -

ENS (OUTSIDE)                       S - u - p - e - r c - a - l - i - f r - a - g - i - l -                                                                                                      12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious NY DEC. 2009 Mary Poppins 108

172                                     i - s - t - i - c - e - x - p - i - a - l - i - d - o - c - i - o - u - s

                                    i - s - t - i - c - e - x - p - i - a - l - i - d - o - c - i - o - u - s

                                             

                                                              

(OUTSIDE) MICHAEL & JANE continue 175 poco accel.                                    S - u - p - e - r c - a - l - i - f r - a - g - i - l - i - s - t - i - c - e - x - p - S A                                     (INSIDE) S - u - p - e - r c - a - l - i - f r - a - g - i - l - i - s - t - i - c - e - x - p -

T B                                      S - u - p - e - r c - a - l - i - f r - a - g - i - l - i - s - t - i - c - e - x - p -                                                                    

                                NY DEC. 2009 12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Mary Poppins 109

Allegro 179 Bert: "Here we go!"                                         i - a - l - i - d - o - c - i - o - u - s                                         i - a - l - i - d - o - c - i - o - u - s                                             i - a - l - i - d - o - c - i - o - u - s

                                                                                                           (q = h) 182 S  A                    Su - per - cal - i - frag - i - lis - tic - ex - pi - al - i - do - cious T B                   Su - per - cal - i - frag - i - lis - tic - ex - pi - al - i - do - cious                                                                

12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious NY DEC. 2009 Mary Poppins 110

186                    Ev - en though the sound of it is some - thing quite at - roc - ious

                  Ev - en though the sound of it is some - thing quite at - roc - ious                                                                          190                                  If you say it loud en - ough you'll al - ways sound pre - co - cious                     If you say it loud en - ough you'll al - ways sound pre - co - cious                                                               194 JANE & MICHAEL               Su - per - cal - i - frag - i - lis - tic              Su - per - cal - i - frag - i - lis - tic                Su - per - cal - i - frag - i - lis - tic                                        mf                       NY DEC. 2009 12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Mary Poppins 111

198 [CHARACTER WALKS]               Su - per - cal - i frag - i - lis tic -

             Su - per - cal - i frag - i - lis tic -                                ff                                  S 202 A            ex - pi - al - i T           ex - pi - al - i  B            ex - pi - al - i                                               

 S 206 A              doc - ious. T B                                                                         12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious NY DEC. 2009 Mary Poppins 112

210 fff                    Sup - er - cal - i - frag - il - is - tic - ex - pi - al - i - doc - ious! fff                     Sup - er - cal - i - frag - il - is - tic - ex - pi - al - i - doc - ious!                                          fff

                       APPLAUSE SEGUE

NY DEC. 2009 12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious