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"Chim Chim Cher-ee" is a song from Mary Poppins, the 1964 musical motion picture. It was originally sung by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews, and also is featured in the 2004 Mary Poppins musical. The song won the 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2005, Julie Andrews included this song as part of Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney Songs.   A chimney sweep is a person who clears ash and soot from chimneys. The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of gas to create a draught and draw air over the hot coals or wood enabling continued combustion. Chimneys may be straight or contain many changes of direction. During normal operation, a layer of creosote builds up on the inside of the chimney, restricting the flow. The creosote can also catch fire, setting the chimney and the building alight. The chimney must be swept to remove the soot. This was done by the master sweep.    Chim, chimney Chim, chimney Chim, chim, cher-ee A sweep is as lucky As lucky can be Chim, chimney Chim, chimney Chim, chim, cher-oo Good luck will rub off when I shakes hands with you Or blow me a kiss And that's lucky too Now as the ladder of life Has been strung You may think a sweep's On the bottommost rung Though I spends me time In the ashes and smoke In this 'ole wide world There's no happier bloke Chim, chimney Chim, chimney Chim, chim, cher-ee A sweep is as lucky As lucky can be Chim, chimney Chim, chimney Chim, chim, cher-oo Good luck will rub off when I shakes hands with you Chim, chimney Chim, chimney Chim, chim, cher-ee A sweep is as lucky As lucky can be Chim, chimney Chim, chimney Chim, chim, cher-oo Good luck will rub off when I shakes hands with you I choose me bristles With pride, yes, I do A broom for the shaft And a brush for the flute Up where the smoke Is all billered and curled 'Tween pavement and stars Is the chimney sweep world When there's hardly no day Nor hardly no night There's things half in shadow And halfway in light On the rooftops of London Coo, what a sight Chim, chimney Chim, chimney Chim, chim, cher-ee When you're with a sweep You're in glad company Nowhere is there A more happier crew Than them wot sings "Chim chim cher-ee Chim cher-oo" Chim, chimney Chim, chim, cher-ee Chim, cher-oo  Constructed from 1947 and opening in April 1949, Stage 2 is the second oldest soundstage on the Walt Disney Studios lot, and at 31,000 feet, one of the largest in Los Angeles. It was built and financed by a joint agreement between Walt Disney and director Jack Webb, who used the stage for the filming of the television series Dragnet. In October 1955, Stage 2 began production on the first series of The Mickey Mouse Club. From 1954 to 1955 and prior to the opening of the facilities at Glendale California, WED Enterprises (now Walt Disney Imagineering) occupied soundstage 2 to build multiple attractions for Disneyland, including the Mark Twain Riverboat. Since then, Stage 2 has been used for the filming of multiple attractions for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. In 2001, soundstage 2 was dedicated to English actress Julie Andrews, because parts of Mary Poppins and parts of the then-current filming of The Princess Diaries took place inside this particular soundstage.  Comments are closed.
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