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Excerpts from MARY POPPINS SCENE 9: SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS Excerpts from MARY POPPINS SCENE 9: SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS 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. 1 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. 2 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! (#12) SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS 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 3 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. 4 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 supercalifragilistic- expialidocious pose! 5 103 12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 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 © Disney / Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. This score is the property of and should be returned to: Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. 1, Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3RA Unauthorised use of reproduction of any part is an infringement of copyright. All rights reserved. NY DEC. 2009 Mary Poppins 104 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 -.
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