"Let's Go Fly a Kite" is the final song in the film Mary Poppins. It is played during the end of the film. During it, the Banks family goes out to spend time with the newly reformed George and the neighbors.
The song is featured in Saving Mr. Banks, in a scene where the Sherman Brothers sing it for P.L. Travers to show her they made revisions on George's character. At that point, she begins to warm up to them and joins in with their singing. (Contrary to the film's portrayal, she did not approve of any of the songs other than "Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)" and "Stay Awake".)
The song is also featured in Disney Sing Along Songs: Heigh-Ho.
An instrumental version of the song can be partly heard during the Nowhere to Go But Up number in Mary Poppins Returns.
Lyrics[]
George:
With tuppence for paper and strings
You can have your own set of wings
With your feet on the ground
You're a bird in a flight
With your fist holding tight
To the string of your kite
Oh, oh, oh! Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite!
Banks Family:
Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite!
Bert:
When you send it flying up there
All at once you're lighter than air
You can dance on the breeze
Over houses and trees
With your fist holding tight
To the string of your kite
Londoners:
Oh, oh, oh! Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite!
Trivia[]
- The proper British way of saying it would be "Let us go and fly a kite", which is what Travers suggested in Saving Mr. Banks, until she admitted she was willing to overlook it.
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