Sherman Brothers
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David Tomlinson & David Tomlinson
Karen Dotrice & Matthew Garber
Julie Andrews
Dick Van Dyke
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Julie Andrews
Ed Wynn, Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke
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Julie Andrews & Disney Studio Chorus
Dick Van Dyke & David Tomlinson
Dick Van Dyke & Matthew Garber & Karen Dotrice & Julie Andrews
Dick Van Dyke
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Walt Disney Records & Richard M. Sherman
Sherman Brothers
Walt Disney Records & Richard M. Sherman
Dick Van Dyke & Julie Andrews
This song was inspired by Robert Sherman’s son taking the polio vaccine, which was administered with a spoonful of sugar.
When I was a kid we got the polio vaccine. My dad, working on Mary Poppins, asked how my day was. I told him about the vaccine. “Didn’t it hurt? I said they put it on a sugar cu...
[MARY]
In every job that must be done
There is an element of fun
You find the fun and snap!
The job's a game
And every task you undertake
Becomes a piece of cake
A lark! A spree! It's very clear to see that
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
The medicine go down, the medicine go down
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
In a most delightful way
A robin feathering his nest
Has very little time to rest
While gathering his bits of twine and twig
Though quite intent in his pursuit
He has a merry tune to toot
He knows a song will move the job along
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
The medicine go down, the medicine go down
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
In a most delightful way
The honey bees that fetch the nectar
From the flowers to the comb
Never tire of ever buzzing to and fro
Because they take a little nip
From every flower that they sip
And hence (And hence)
They find (They find)
Their task is not a grind
(Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h ah!)
A Spoonful of Sugar was written by Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman.
A Spoonful of Sugar was produced by Jimmy Johnson Jr..
Julie Andrews released A Spoonful of Sugar on Thu Aug 27 1964.