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"Come to the Funfair" (originally called "Funfair") is a song first written for the 1968
musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' is a 1968 musical-fantasy film directed by Ken Hughes with a screenplay co-written by Roald Dahl and Hughes, loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel '' Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car'' (1964). The film stars ...
'' but was cut almost entirely from the final edit of the film. The musical theme is still heard in the soundtrack immediately after "
Caractacus Potts Caractacus Pott (Caractacus Potts in the film adaptation) is one of the main characters in Ian Fleming's novel ''Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang'' and its Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, film adaptation. The film version of the story makes several changes to h ...
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Dick Van Dyke Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, entertainer and comedian. His award-winning career has spanned seven decades in film, television, and stage. Van Dyke began his career as an entertainer on radio and telev ...
) sings " Hushabye Mountain". Then Potts gets the idea to earn money by cutting hair at the funfair. The music is heard as carnies walk by in the distance. The song was written by Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman.


Musical resurrection

The song was resurrected for the 2002
stage production Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
of the same name and was fashioned into a big transitional dance number. It was choreographed by Gillian Lynne. The song was directed with a "tinge of the psychedelic" by
Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, St ...
director Adrian Noble partly as an ode to the original film's director's ( Ken Hughes') fresh filmic treatment of the story. In the stage production of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" an Acme siren is featured in the song. {{authority control 1968 songs Songs from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Songs written by the Sherman Brothers