His dad asked him how his day was and Jeffrey told him that he and his classmates had received an oral polio vaccine that day. "All the shades were closed, it was very dark in the house," he said. In 1962, when he was about 5 years old, Jeffrey had come home from school one day when he says he found his dad in low spirits. "Walt Disney said, 'Could you write something that's more in line with the philosophy of Mary Poppins?' and it was all just falling flat," according to Jeffrey. The pair wrote a favorite song of theirs for Mary Poppins called "The Eyes of Love," but it never made it into the movie. Robert Sherman's dedication reads, "Jeff -Thanks for 'A Spoonful of Sugar' and thanks for being my son! Dad." Mary Poppins memorabilia from Jeffrey Sherman's childhood, with special dedication from the Sherman Brothers. He wanted to just know words and he loved the sound of words and how they felt on your tongue."īut his dad and uncle found themselves at a creative block while writing music for the 1964 film. And then he would form his words very carefully. "People thought maybe he wasn't listening, but he would always listen. "My dad always filtered everything down to its simplest form," he said.
Jeffrey, now 63, said his dad had a way with words. At Stor圜orps last month, Robert's son, Jeffrey, said that it was telling his father about getting the polio vaccine as a child that sparked the lyrics for the famous song. Sherman wrote it with his brother, Richard many of the duo's songs are featured in classic Walt Disney films. A 5-year-old Jeffrey Sherman is pictured with his father, songwriter Robert Sherman, in the early 1960s.īefore Julie Andrews first sang "A Spoonful of Sugar," its songwriter found inspiration for the iconic Mary Poppins tune in an unlikely place.
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