Two cents a bag. This is clearly cheaper than say, phone calls. The Banks kids are relatively well off, why drag in the poverty angle? true one can have some good fun for low cost, but?
According to the song this was tuppence ( Two cents) a Bag. Cheap stuff.
Tuppence a bag- that is two cents, cheaper than a phone call.
Two cents ( British usage Tuppence) a bag. Man" that"s cheap. I can recall animal food in some zoos retailing for at least a quarter.
Bread to feed the birds
In Mary Poppins (1964), the movie, the most obvious birds were [1] the robin sung to during "Just a Spoonful of Sugar" and [2] the pigeons of St Paul sung about in "Feed the Birds".
Jane Darwell. Her last movie was Mary Poppins (1964), in which she played The Bird Woman ("Feed the birds, tuppence a bag, tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag").
All our dreams can come true ,ifwe have courage to pursue them.
She is singing it to the children in the nursery while putting them to bed. She turns a water-filled globe which contains a model of St Paul's cathedral in London, on the steps of which sits the beggar woman selling bird seed.
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins
Bread to feed the birds
In Mary Poppins (1964), the movie, the most obvious birds were [1] the robin sung to during "Just a Spoonful of Sugar" and [2] the pigeons of St Paul sung about in "Feed the Birds".
No, Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) sings it to the children, not Dick Van Dyke.
One of the songs that Walt Disney listened to and liked was called Feed the Birds. The song was from the Mary Poppins.
Walt Disney's choice of musical entertainment has evidently not been recorded in the annuls of history, however a quick web search does show one of his favorite Disney songs was Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins.
For Mary Poppins, the one song that continues in the background "Feed the Birds". The lyrics: Mary Poppins: Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's The little old bird woman comes In her own special way to the people she call, "Come, buy my bags full of crumbs; Come feed the little birds, Show them you care And you'll be glad if you do Their young ones are hungry Their nests are so bare All it takes is tuppence from you Feed the birds, tuppence a bag Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag Feed the birds," that's what she cries While overhead, her birds fill the skies All around the cathedral the saints and apostles Look down as she sells her wares Although you can't see it, You know they are smiling Each time someone shows that he cares Though her words are simple and few Listen, listen, she's calling to you "Feed the birds, tuppence a bag Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag"
Jane Darwell. Her last movie was Mary Poppins (1964), in which she played The Bird Woman ("Feed the birds, tuppence a bag, tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag").
Greensleeves (same tune as the Christmas Hymn "What Child Is This?"), Feed The Birds from Mary Poppins, Horse With No Name
No one feeds birds coin of the realm. They can't digest it, and it's a waste of coinage.You can try to feed birds at a cost of tuppence a bird, but I suspect it costs cinsiderably more than that these days.In the Disney movie "Mary Poppins", Mary sings the song, "Feed the Birds" about an old woman who sells bag of bread crumbs for tuppence (2 cents) a bag on the steps of St Paull's church. The words are "Feed the birds, Tuppence a bag..."Feed The Birds (Tuppence a Bag)Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul'sThe little old bird woman comes.In her own special way to the people she calls,"Come, buy my bags full of crumbs.Come feed the little birds, show them you careAnd you'll be glad if you do.Their young ones are hungry,Their nests are so bare;All it takes is tuppence from you."Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag."Feed the birds," that's what she cries,While overhead, her birds fill the skies.All around the cathedral the saints and apostlesLook down as she sells her wares.Although you can't see it, you know they are smilingEach time someone shows that he cares.Though her words are simple and few,Listen, listen, she's calling to you:"Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag."
All our dreams can come true ,ifwe have courage to pursue them.