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'''"Step In Time"''' is a song and dance number from [[Walt Disney]]'s [[1964 in film|1964]] film ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'', and it is composed by [[Richard M. Sherman]] and [[Robert B. Sherman]]. The choreography for this song was provided by [[Marc Breaux]] and [[Dee Dee Wood]]. It is sung by Bert, the [[chimney sweep]] ([[Dick Van Dyke]]) and the other chimney sweeps on the rooftops of [[London]]. In the first part of the song, the lines he says in the verses are "Kick your knees up", "'Round the [[chimney]]", "Flap like a birdie", "Up on the railing", "Over the rooftops" and "Link your elbows" followed by an interlude. The interlude continues with Bert, Mary Poppins, Michael, Jane and all the chimney sweepers dancing around the rooftops and as Admiral Boom looks at them with the [[telescope]], he thinks that they're [[Khoikhoi|Hottentots]], so he orders Mr. Binnacle to make them scram with colorful [[fireworks]]. In the second part, as all the chimney sweepers get in the house of George Banks, Mrs. Brill walks into the living room looking at them and screams, "They're at it again!" and she runs away trying to strike one of the chimney sweepers with a [[frying pan]]. As Jane, Michael, Mary Poppins and Bert get in the same place, Ellen runs around the dining room with an "OW!" and the chimney sweepers flip her. The other phrases in the rest of the musical number are "Votes for women," "It's the master," and "What's all this?" |
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"Step In Time" appears in the [[Mary Poppins (musical)|stage musical]], with a very similar purpose. The main difference, however, is that (thanks to the possibilities of sophisticated theatrical staging) Bert walks upside down on the proscenium arch over the stage. In addition, this version of the song is sung to show Jane and Michael that chimney sweeps are also guardian angels. |
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It is very similar to the song "[[Me Ol' Bamboo]]" from ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'', also written by the Sherman brothers and performed by Van Dyke. Both songs are loosely based on the repetitive physical action song "Knees Up, Mother Brown", popular in British music halls and Cockney pubs, especially during World War II. |
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A shortened version is also present on the ''[[Disney's Sing Along Songs]]'' video, "Disneyland Fun". |
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A rendition also appears on the 1982 exercise album ''[[Mousercise]]'', but with mostly different lyrics ("Kick Your Knees Up" and "Flap Like A Birdie" are kept in this version). This version was also seen as an episode of [[D-TV]] on the [[Disney Channel]]. |
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==Main lyrics== |
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Blank spaces indicate sections where any short phrase can be added. However, the second and third blank spaces must be the same phrase as the first one in each verse. |
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_________________________, step in time<br> |
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_________________________, step in time<br> |
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Never need a reason, never need a rhyme<br> |
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_________________________, step in time |
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===Lines in the film=== |
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# Kick your knees up |
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# 'Round the chimney |
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# Flap like a birdie |
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# Up on the railing |
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# Over the rooftops |
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# Link your elbows |
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# [[Mary Poppins (character)|Mary Poppins]] |
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# (Ah!) They're at it again |
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# OW! |
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# Votes for women |
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# It's the master |
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# What's all this? |
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The first seven phrases were sung on the rooftops of London, while the last five were sung in the Banks residence. |
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==Literary Sources== |
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* [[Sherman, Robert B.]] ''[[Walt's Time: from before to beyond]]''. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998. |
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[[Category:1964 songs]] |
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[[Category:Songs from Mary Poppins]] |
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[[Category:Songs written by the Sherman Brothers]] |
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