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Songs

Listed in the order in which they are heard in the film.  The soundtrack order is slightly different. You can also view a list of musical numbers from the original London stage musical.

Click on a song title to skip down this page for the lyrics. Click a photo to enlarge.

1. Main Title (Instrumental)
2. You Two
3. Toot Sweets
4. Hushabye Mountain
5. Me Ol' Bam-Boo
6. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
7. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1st reprise--with Truly)
8. Truly Scrumptious
9. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2nd reprise--on the water)
10. Lovely Lonely Man
11. POSH!
12. The Roses of Success
13. Hushabye Mountain (reprise)
14. Chu-Chi Face
15. Doll on a Music Box & Truly Scrumptious
16. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (finale)

BONUS!

• Fun Fair
• Vulgarian March

1. Main Title (Instrumental)

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2. You Two

Caractacus: Do you think I'm a lunatic? Wasting my time on a lot of silly inventions?
Jemima: But they aren't silly--they're wonderful!
Jeremy: Nobody else could think of them!
Caractacus: That's right! That is right--nobody else could think of them!--yeah--after all...
What makes the battle worth the fighting?
What makes the mountain worth the climb?
What makes the questions worth the asking?
The reason worth the rhyme?

Caractacus: To me the answer's clear;
it's having someone near; someone dear

Someone to care for; to be there for.
I have You Two!
Someone to do for; muddle through for.
I have You Two!
Someone to share joy or despair with;
whichever betides you.
Life becomes a chore, unless you're living for
someone to tend to be a friend to.
I have You Two!
Someone to strive for, do or die for
I have You Two!
Could be, we three get along so famously,
'cause you two have me, and I have You Two too.

(Breakfast is behind made, then Caractacus sneezes)

Kids: Someone to care for; to be there for.
Caractacus: I have You Two!
Kids: Someone to do for; muddle through for
Caractacus: I have You Two!
Someone to smile once in awhile with;
whenever you're lonesome
I've a happy lot,
considering what I've got.

But, I couldn't do more
Than you do for your poor Father.
(Kids: Daddy!)
Things go asunder
and I wonder why you bother.
All: Could be, we three get along so famously
'cause
Kids: we two have you,
Caractacus: and I have You Two
All: too

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3. Toot Sweets

Caractacus: Don't waste your pucker on some all day sucker
And don't try a toffee or cream
If you seek perfection in sugar confection
Well there's something new on the scene
A mouth full of cheer
A sweet without peer

A musical morsel supreme!

Toot Sweets!
Toot Sweets!
The candies you whistle, the whistles you eat.
Toot Sweets!
Toot Sweets!
The eatable, tweetable treats!

Truly: Toot Sweets!
Toot Sweets!
The toot of a flute with the flavor of fruit!
Toot Sweets!
Toot Sweets!
No longer need candy be mute!

Caractacus: Don't waste your pucker on some all day sucker
Truly: and don't try a toffee or cream!
If you seek perfection in sugar confection,
Caractacus: well, there's something new on the scene:
Truly: that mouth full of cheer;
Caractacus: that sweet without peer;
Both: That musical morsel supreme!

Toot Sweets!
Toot Sweets!
A bon-bon to blow on at last has been found
Toot Sweets!
Toot Sweets,
with tweetable, eatable sound!

Scrumptious: No--take it away!
Truly: Father, please! (he takes one)
Toot! Hmm-Hmm. Toot! Laughter from Truly and her father. (He takes a bite)
Caractacus: He likes it! Cast: Hooray!

Caractacus: Their value is intrinsic,
Truly: surpass any mint stick
Kids: Or marshmallow mouthful you munch
Caractacus: Though licorice is chewy
Truly: And gum drops are gooey
Kids: And chocolate is charming to crunch
Caractacus and Truly: That savory fife,
Women: that sweet of your life
Kids and factory workers: It's clearly the best of the bunch.

(Dance break)

All: Toot Sweets!
Toot Sweets!

Toot Sweets!
Toot Sweets!

Caractacus: That savory fife
Truly: That sweet of your life
All: Is clearly the best of the bunch
Toot Sweets!
Toot Sweets!
A bon-bon to blow on at last has been found
Toot Sweets!
Toot Sweets!
The treat that's so tweetable,
lusciously eatable,
with that unbeatable--(break) sound!

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4. Hushabye Mountain

Caractacus: A gentle breeze from Hushabye Mountain
Softly blows o'er lullaby bay.
It fills the sails of boats that are waiting--
Waiting to sail your worries away.

It isn't far to Hushabye Mountain
And your boat waits down by the key.
The winds of night so softly are sighing--
Soon they will fly your troubles to sea.

So close your eyes on Hushabye Mountain.
Wave good-bye to cares of the day.
And watch your boat from Hushabye Mountain
Sail far away from lullaby bay.

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5. Me 'Ol Bam-Boo

All: A gentleman's got a walking stick.
A seaman's got a gaff.
And the merry men of Robin Hood
They used a quarterstaff.

On the Spanish plains inside their canes
They hide their ruddy swords.
But we make do with an old bam-boo
And everyone applauds!

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - Hey!

Me ol' bam-boo, me ol' bam-boo
You'd better never bother with me ol' bam-boo.
You can have me hat or me bum-ber-shoo
But you'd better never bother with me ol' bam-boo.

Chorus: When punting on the beautiful Thames
Caractacus: You use a sturdy pole.
Chorus:To protect their fair complexion
Caractacus: Ladies use a parasol.

Chorus: It's useful in the underbrush
Caractacus: To have a hefty spear. (Chorus: Right!)
All: But what we do with an old bam-boo
Makes everybody cheer!

1 - 2 - 3 - HO!

Me ol' bam-boo, me ol' bam-boo
You'd better never bother with me ol' bam-boo
You can have me hat or me bum-ber-shoo
But you'd better never bother with me ol' bam-boo

'Ere we go, mate . . .

Caractacus: A flyer in an air-e-o-plane
Chorus: He steers it with a stick (Caractacus: He does?)
Caractacus: A collier in the pits o' Wales
Chorus: He leans upon his pick (Caractacus: That's right!)

All: Now every wheel of an automobile
Revolves around a shaft (HEY!)
But what we do with an old bam-boo
Makes every one go daft.

And 1 - 2

Me ol' bam-boo, me ol' bam-boo
You'd better never bother with me ol' bam-boo.
You can have me hat or me bum-ber-shoo
But you'd better never bother with me ol' bam-boo.

(Dance break)

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - HEY!
And a 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - and a 5 and a 6 and a 7 HO!

Me ol' bam-boo, me ol' bam-boo
You'd better never bother with me ol' bam-boo.
You can have me hat or me bum-ber-shoo
But you'd better never bother with me ol' bam-boo.

You'd better never bother with me ol' bam-boo!

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6. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Jeremy: What a funny noise it's making!
Caractacus: It's talking to us--all engines talk!
Jemima: What's it saying?
It's saying Chitty chitty, chitty chitty, chitty chitty, chitty chitty, chitty chitty,
(Bang - Bang)
Bang Bang!
chitty chitty
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Oh you pretty Chitty Bang Bang,
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you.
And, in
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang  
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
What we'll do.

Near, far, in our motor car Oh what a happy time we'll spend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.

Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Oh you pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you.
And, in
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
What we'll do.

Near, far, in our motor car
Oh what a happy time we'll spend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.

Your sleek as a thoroughbred.
Your seats are a feather bed.
You'll turn everybody's head today.
We'll glide on our motor trip
With pride in our ownership
The envy of all we survey.

Oh Chitty You Chitty
Pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you.
And Chitty, in Chitty
Pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang what we'll do.

Near Chitty, far Chitty, in our motor car Oh what a happy time we'll spend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.....(hold)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Fine four fendered Chitty Chitty friend.

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7. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1st reprise--with Truly)

Truly: What an unusual car.
(Bang - Bang)
Jeremy: Daddy made it.
Truly: Oh? And it actually goes?
Jemima: It's called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Truly: That's a curious name for a motor car.
Jemima: But that's the sound it makes--listen!

Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Oh you pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you,
And our pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang loves us too.
High low anywhere we go
On Chitty Chitty we depend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.

You're sleek as a thoroughbred.
Your seats are a feather bed.
You'll turn everybody's head today.
We'll glide on our motor trip
With pride in our ownership
The envy of all we survey.

Oh Chitty, you Chitty
Pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you.
And Chitty our Chitty
Pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang loves us too.
High Chitty low Chitty anywhere we go
On Chitty Chitty we depend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend...(hold)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Fine four fendered Chitty Chitty friend

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8. Truly Scrumptious
photo courtesy of Heather Ripley.

Toot sweets sound like what they are
So do lollys in a lollypop jar
Gingerbread men have a gingerbread sound, we've found
Sugar plum cinnamon and lemon tart tell you what they are right from the start
And your name does the same for you

By coincidence, Truly Scrumptious
You're truly truly scrumptious
Scrumptious as a cherry peach parfait
When your near us
It's so delicious
Honest Truly, you're the answer to our wishes
Truly Scrumptious
Though we may seem presumptuous
Never, never, ever go away
Our hearts beat so unruly
Because we love you truly
Honest Truly, we do

Truly scrumptious
You two are truly scrumptious
Scrumptious as the breeze across the bay
When you're smiling
It's so delicious
So beguiling
You're the answer to my wishes
Truly scrumptious
You two are truly scrumptious
And I shan't forget this lovely day
My heart beats so unruly
I also love you truly
Honest truly, I do

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9. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2nd reprise--on the water)

Spoken:
It's uncategorical
A fuel burning oracle
A fantasmagorical machine

It's more than spectacular
To use the vernacular
It's wizard, it's smashing, it's keen

Oh Chitty you Chitty pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you,
And Chitty our Chitty pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang loves us too
High Chitty low Chitty anywhere we go
On Chitty Chitty we depend
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend
(shots from ship interrupt the song)

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10. Lovely Lonely Man

This lovely lonely man
I've only known a day
I look at him, and cannot look away
Oh what a love
Oh what a lovely lonely man

I've met so many men
So easy to forget
I thought I'd grown immune to them
And yet

He's such a love
He's such a lovely lonely man

How did he touch my heart
How did this feeling start
This glow that feels so warm inside
This sudden summer storm inside

My life now has a plan
To someday make him see
That I need him as much as he needs me

Oh what a love
Oh what a lovely lonely man

My life now has a plan
To someday make him see
That I need him as much as he needs me

Oh what a love
Oh what a lovely lonely man
Oh how I love this one and only man

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11. POSH!

This is livin', this is style, this is elegance by the mile
Oh the posh posh traveling life, the traveling life for me
First cabin and captain's table regal company
Whenever I'm bored I travel abroad but ever so properly
Port out, starboard home, posh with a capital P-O-S-H, posh

The hands that hold the scepters, every head that holds a crown
They'll always give their all for me they'll never let me down
I'm on my way to far away tah tah and toodle-oo
And fare thee well, and Bon Voyage arrivederci too

O the posh posh traveling life, the traveling life for me
First cabin and captain's table regal company
Pardon the dust of the upper crust--fetch us a cup of tea
Port out, starboard home, posh with a capital P-O-S-H, posh

In every foreign strand I land the royal trumpets toot me
The royal welcome mat is out
They 21 gun salute me
But monarchies are constantly commanding me to call
Last month I miffed (missed) the (a) Mufti but you can't oblige them all

Oh the posh posh traveling life, the traveling life for me
Oh rumpetly tumpety didy didy dee dee dee dee dee

Oh the posh posh traveling life, the traveling life for me
First cabin and captain's table regal company

When I'm at the helm the world's my realm and I do it stylishly
Port out, starboard home, posh with a capital P-O-S-H

P-O-S-H, P-O-S-H...
Posh

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12. The Roses of Success

Every bursted bubble has a glory!
Each abysmal failure makes a point!
Every glowing path that goes astray,
Shows you how to find a better way.
So every time you stumble never grumble.
Next time you'll bumble even less!
For up from the ashes, up from the ashes, grow the roses of success!

Grow the roses!
Grow the roses!
Grow the roses of success!
Oh yes!
Grow the roses!
Those rosy roses!
From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success!

(spoken)Yes I know but he wants it to float. It will!

For every big mistake you make be grateful!
Here, here!
That mistake you'll never make again!
No sir!
Every shiny dream that fades and dies,
Generates the steam for two more tries!

(Oh) There's magic in the wake of a fiasco!
Correct!
It gives you that chance to second guess!
Oh yes!
Then up from the ashes, up from the ashes grow the roses of success!

Grow the roses!
Grow the roses!
Grow the roses of success!
Grow the roses!
Those rosy roses!
From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success!

Disaster didn't stymie Louis Pasteur!
No sir!
Edison took years to see the light!
Right!
Alexander Graham knew failure well; he took a lot of knocks to ring that bell!
So when it gets distressing it's a blessing!
Onward and upward you must press!
Yes, Yes!
Till up from the ashes, up from the ashes grow the roses of success.

Grow the ro
Grow the ro
Grow the roses!
Grow the ro
Grow the ro
Grow the roses!
Grow the roses of success!

Grow the ro
Grow the ro
Grow the roses!
Those rosy ro
Those rosy ro
Those rosy roses!

From the ashes of disaster, grow the roses of success!
Start the engines!
Success!
Batten the hatches!
Success!
Man the shrouds!
Lift the anchor!
Success!

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13. Hushabye Mountain (reprise)

A gentle breeze from Hushabye mountain
Softly blows o'er lullaby bay
It fills the sails of boats that are waiting
Waiting to sail...(Potts gets choked up)

So close your eyes on hushabye mountain
Wave goodbye to cares of the day
And watch your boat from hushabye mountain
Sail far away from lullaby bay

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14. Chu-Chi Face

You're my little chu-chi face
My coo-chi, coo-chi, woo-chi little chu-chi face
Every time I look at you I sigh

And you're my little teddy bear
My lovey lovey dovey little teddy bear
You're the apfel strudel of mine eye
Your chu-chi woo-chi nose
Your chu-chi woo-chi eyes
They set my heart a flutter
Your ooo-chi coo-chi ways
Your ooo-chi coo-chi gaze
Wilts me down like meltings butter

You're my little chu-chi face
And you're my teddy bear
Together we're a chu-chi woo-chi, ooo-chi coo-chi pair

Whatever you may ask becomes my happy task
I only live to serve you
I never will divine what magic made you mine
I only know I don't deserve you

You're my little chu-chi face
And you're my teddy bear

Together we're a chu-chi woo-chi, ooo-chi coo-chi
Chu-chi, Woo-chi, Ooo-chi, Coo-chi pair

Chu-chi
Woo-chi
Ooo-chi
Coo-chi pair

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15. Doll on a Music Box & Truly Scumptious

What do you see
You people gazing at me
You see a doll on a music box
That's wound by a key

How can you tell
I'm under a spell
I'm waiting for love's first kiss

You cannot see
How much I long to be free
Turning around on this music box
That's wound by a key

Yearning
Yearning
While
I'm turning around and around

What do you see
   (Truly Scrumptious)
You people gazing at me
   (you're truly truly scrumptious)
You see a doll on a music box, that's wound by a key
   (scrumptious a...)

How can you tell I'm
   (whe...)
Under a spell I'm
   (...)
Waiting for love's first kiss
   (honest truly, your the answer to my wishes)
You cannot see
   (Truly Scrumptious)
How much I long to be free
   (though I may seem presumptuous)
Turning around on this music box that's wound by a key
  (ne..)
Yearning
   (my heart beats so unruly)
Yearning
   (because I love you truly)
While I'm turning around and around)
   (honest, Truly I do)

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16. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (finale)

Oh you pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you,
And our
Pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang loves us too
High low anywhere we go
On Chitty Chitty we depend
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend

It's uncategorical
A fuel burning oracle
A fantasmagorical machine
It's more than spectacular
To use the vernacular
It's wizard
It's smashing
It's keen

Oh Chitty
You Chitty
Pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you
And Chitty, in Chitty
Pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang what we'll do

Near Chitty, far Chitty
In our motor car oh what a happy time we'll spend
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.....(hold)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Fine four fendered Chitty Chitty friend

~top~

BONUS!

Fun Fair
After Potts sings Hushabye Mountain, he is leaning on the fence outside wondering how he will raise the money for the car, when he sees people going to the fun fair and gets an idea. As the next scene begins, we hear music with these lyrics:

Come to the fun fair
Fall into line.
Come with a smile on
Twinkle and shine.
Come to the Fun Fair
Follow along.
After the laughter and song
Come along, come along, come along!

Come to the fun fair
Bargains to buy.
Sights to amuse you
New things to try.
Come to the fun fair
Follow the throng
Everyone's there at the fun fair
Come along!

This song is featured in the London stage musical as a transition between Hushabye Mountain and the Fun Fair.

Vulgarian March
As Baron Bomburst returns to Vulgaria with Grandpa's hut and is walking down the steps (labeled Vulg-Air, by the way) he is welcomed by music with these lyrics:

We are loyal to Vulgaria
Falcon of the West
And we toil for Vulgaria,
Feathering her nest.
The soil of Vulgaria
Through all the world is known
From her heights to her Dairy Area
Vulgaria stands alone!

In the London stage musical this song opens Act II.

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