Jolly Holiday (Live) - song lyrics
All that it takes is a spark
Then something, plain as a park
Becomes a wonderland
All you have to do
Is look a-new
Then you'll understand
Why it's a jolly holiday with Mary
Mary makes your heart so light
Oh, really.
When the day is grey and ordinary
Mary makes the sun shine bright
You do talk nonsense, Bert.
Oh, 'appiness is blooming all around 'er
The daffodils are smiling at the dove
When Mary holds your 'and
You feel so grand
Your 'eart starts beatin'
Like a big brass band
You've got enough brass for all of us.
Oh, it's a jolly holiday with Mary
No wonder that it's Mary that we love
Come along, you two.
Boring, just like other nannies
Thinking parks are good for us
It's just statues, ducks and grannies
I don't understand all the fuss
Is she doing it to spite us?
We could lose her for a lark
Perhaps it's all a plot
I'll tell you what
She seems so different
But I bet she's not
There is nothing to excite us
In the park
Who are you?
I'm Neleus, and I thought Mary Poppins would never let me get down from this plinth!
Ain't it a glorious day
Right as a morning in May
I feel like I could fly
Have you ever seen
The grass so green?
Oh, Bert.
Or a bluer sky?
Oh, it's a jolly holiday with Mary
Bad days I've never known
You can ask the passing statuary
Nothing's ever set in stone
You're looking tip-top from top to toe. If I may say so.
Thank you, Bert. And you may.
Oh it's a jolly holiday with Mary
No wonder that it's Mary that we love
Oi! Do you think Neleus is lookin' a bit timid today?
No. Why?
I knew him when he was a little bolder. A little boulder, ha ha!
To see a statue dance like that
You can't believe your eyes
You fear you've lost your marbles
But the thinker thinks you're wise
So you should hasten, call a mason
Tell him what you've seen
If he knows his craft he'll think you're daft
But we'll know what you mean
Oh it's a jolly holiday with Mary
No wonder that it's Mary that we love
Now Notre Dame can cause alarm
And I've me own hunch why
Those gargoyles need to gargle
'Cos their throats get rather dry
And just between us, I know Venus
Has a vice that shocks
She often drinks with a sphinx who winks
It's neat and on the rocks
Oh, it's a jolly holiday with Mary
No wonder that it's Mary that we love
Let's go for jaunty saunter
You are bound to make your mark
Looks like all of you were all born to
Take a promenade in the park
With those finely-chiselled features
You can look down from above
Each man out with his dog would stand agog
To see a statue take a gentle jog
It's (it's) no (no) wonder that it's Mary
That (that) we (we) love
Love love love
Love love love
No wonder that it's Mary that we love
It's a jolly holiday with you, Bert
Gentlemen like you are few
Though you're just a diamond in the rough, Bert
Underneath, your blood is blue
Your blood is blue
You'd never think of pressing your advantage
Forbearance is the hallmark of your creed
A lady needn't fear when you are near
Your sweet gentility is crystal clear
It's crystal clear
Oh, it's a jolly holiday with you, Bert
It's a jolly holiday
A jolly, jolly holiday with you
With you
Oh it's a jolly holiday with Mary
Mary makes your heart so light
When the day is grey and ordinary
Mary makes the sun shine bright
Oh happiness is blooming all around her
The daffodils are smiling at the dove
Let's go for jaunty saunter
We are bound to make our mark
Looks like all of us were all born to
Take a promenade in the park
With our finely-chiseled features
We can look down from above
When Mary holds your hand
You feel so grand
Your heart starts beating
Like a big brass band
Oh it's a jolly holiday with Mary
It's no wonder that it's Mary that we love
No wonder that it's Mary that we love
