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词条 Portobello Road (song)
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  1. Chorus

  2. Literary Sources

  3. Trivia

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"Portobello Road" by the Sherman Brothers 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– {{Cquote|

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. from before to beyond. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998.

Trivia

The whole musical number set up is very similar to the "Consider Yourself" number from Oliver! in which butchers, policemen, carnival entertainers and fishmongers all dance in separate segments of the musical number.

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4 : Songs from Bedknobs and Broomsticks|1971 songs|Songs about London|Songs written by the Sherman Brothers

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