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The whole musical number set up is very simmilar to the "[[Consider Yourself]]" number from ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'' in which butchers, policemen, carnival entertainers and fishmongers all dance in seperate segments of the |
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"Portobello Road" by Robert & Richard Sherman is a song, specifically a waltz (3/4) about Portobello Road in London, England (Set in the 1940s). It was written for the 1971, Walt Disney musical film production Bedknobs and Broomsticks. It is sung by David Tomlinson about a street where, to this day–
Anything and everything a chap can unload
Is sold off the barrow in Portobello Road
There is an extensive dance sequence where different groups including Scots, Jamaicans, British Army soldiers, Australian soldiers and Indians dance to the song's theme played in various styles.
Chorus
Portobello road, Portobello road
Street where the riches of ages are stowed.
Anything and everything a chap can unload
Is sold off the barrow in Portobello road.
You’ll find what you want in the Portobello road.
Literary Sources
- Sherman, Robert B. Walt's Time: from before to beyond. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998.
Trivia
The whole musical number set up is very simmilar to the "Consider Yourself" number from Oliver! in which butchers, policemen, carnival entertainers and fishmongers all dance in seperate segments of the musical number.