Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse
Aubrey Woods
Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse
Diana Sowle
Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse
Jack Albertson &
Gene Wilder
Oompa Loompa Cast
Gene Wilder
Oompa Loompa Cast
Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse
Julie Dawn Cole & Oompa Loompa Cast
Oompa Loompa Cast
Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse
This song was written for the 1971 musical film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. It was originally sung by Aubrey Woods, though it became more famous through Sammy Davis Jr.’s recording of it.
[Intro]
(Kids enter, yelling)
KIDS: (yelling) Sizzler! I want a Sizzler!
BILL: All right, all right, all right, what's it going to be? A triple cream cup for Christopher
KIDS: (yelling) A Squelchy Snorter!
BILL: A Squelchy Snorter for Otis
ONE KID: I want a Squelchy Snorter
BILL: A Sizzler for June Marie
ANOTHER KID: C'mon, give me a Sizzler
BILL: And listen! Wonka's got a new one today
KIDS: What is it?
BILL: This is called a Scrumdidilyumptious Bar
WINKELMANN: (mispronouncing) Scrumbibilyunctious Bar? How does he do it?
BILL: My dear boy, do you ask a fish how it swims?
WINKELMANN: No
BILL: Or a bird how it flies?
WINKELMANN: No
BILL: No sirree, you don't! They do it because they were born to do it. Just like Willy Wonka was born to be a candy man, you look like you were born to be a Wonkarer
[Verse 1: Bill]
Who can take a sunrise
Sprinkle it with dew
Cover it in chocolate
And a miracle or two?
[Chorus: Bill]
The candy man!
The candy man can
The candy man can 'cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good
[Verse 2: Bill & Kids]
Who can take a rainbow
Wrap it in a sigh?
Soak it in the sun
And make a strawberry-lemon pie
The candy man?
[Chorus: Bill]
The candy man
The candy man can
The candy man can 'cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good
[Bridge: Bill]
Willy Wonka makes everything he bakes
Satisfying and delicious
Talk about your childhood wishes
You can even eat the dishes
[Verse 3: Bill]
Who can take tomorrow
Dip it in a dream
Separate the sorrow
And collect up all the cream?
[Chorus: Bill & (Kids)]
The candy man
(Willy Wonka can)
The candy man can
The candy man can 'cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good
[Outro: Bill]
And the world tastes good 'cause the candy man thinks it should
The Candy Man was written by Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse.
The Candy Man was produced by Tom Mack.
Aubrey Woods released The Candy Man on Wed Jun 30 1971.