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Today we're focusing on a delightful quote from Mary Poppins and a bit of Disney trivia as well. 

"Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down" ~ Mary Poppins

The song and the lyrics have an interesting back story. Julie Andrews wasn't fully committed to the part of Mary Poppins originally. She did not like the song that was written for her, believing it did not have enough snap to it. The original song was called "The Eyes of Love". Walt Disney instructed the Sherman Brothers to come up with something more catchy.

Robert Sherman, the brilliant lyricist created a new song the following day with the help of his children. As he explained it, one evening after arriving home from work and while he and his wife Joyce were discussing the days events, she told him that the children had gotten their polio vaccines. His children recounted that it didn't hurt because the medicine was put on a cube of sugar and that they had swallowed it. The next morning he had the title of the song "A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down".

A Spoonful Of Sugar Lyrics 

Mary Poppins:

[Spoken]

In ev'ry job that must be done 

There is an element of fun 

You find the fun and snap! 

The job's a game

[Sung]

And ev'ry 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-wown

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 - for

A Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down

The medicine go down-wown

The medicine go down 

Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down

In a most delightful way

[Interlude]

The honey bee 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 ev'ry 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 helps the medicine go down 

The medicine go down-wown 

The medicine go down 

Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down 

In a most delightful way
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Hope yours is a delightful Disney day,

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