Let 's Go Fly a kite - wikipedia Let 's Go Fly a kite This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2010 ) `` Let 's Go Fly a Kite '' Song by David Tomlinson and Dick van Dyke from the album Mary Poppins ( Original Soundtrack ) Released 1964 ( 1964 ) Label Walt Disney Songwriter ( s ) Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman Mary Poppins ( Original Soundtrack ) track listing A Man Has Dreams ( 16 ) `` Let 's Go Fly a Kite '' ( 17 ) `` Let 's Go Fly a Kite '' is a song from Walt Disney 's film Mary Poppins, composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. This song is heard at the end of the film when George Banks ( played by David Tomlinson ), realizes that his family is more important than his job. He mends his son 's kite and takes his family on a kite - flying outing. The song is sung by Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke and eventually the entire chorus. In keeping with Mr. Banks 's change in character, this song was pre-recorded, and thus sung normally, by Tomlinson, rather than in his previous talk - singing in the Rex Harrison style, seen earlier in `` The Life I Lead. '' This musical number also appears in the Sing Along Songs series of Disney videos. Development Although the notion of Mary Poppins gliding down a kite is mentioned incidentally in one of the P.L. Travers books, the metaphor of the mended kite ( being a symbol of the mended Banks family ) is taken from the 1961 Sherman Brothers screenplay treatment. The song was inspired by the Sherman Brothers ' father, Al Sherman, who besides being a well - known songwriter in his day was also an amateur kite maker who made kites for neighborhood children as a weekend hobby. The song was originally written in 4 / 4 or common time, but Walt Disney felt it was too much like the ending of a Broadway show and wanted a song that was more `` breezy '', like a waltz. The song was recrafted into a 3 / 4 waltz - like arrangement. The song appears in the stage musical version as well, but closer to the middle of the show and not at the show 's end. In this version, the scene recreates what happens in the beginning of the second book when Mary Poppins came back on the string of Michael 's kite. It is often rumored that Walt Disney had asked his songwriters to write a song about a kite because of his two daughters. Both of his daughters are members of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and their symbol is a kite. The song `` Let 's Go Fly a Kite '' is sometimes believed to be dedicated to Kappa Alpha Theta. This has been debunked by multiple sources. Cover versions On 6 April 2015 a version by Burl Ives featured on BBC 's The One Show. Literary sources Sherman, Robert B. Walt 's Time : from before to beyond. Santa Clarita : Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998. P.L. Travers ' Mary Poppins Books Mary Poppins ( 1934 ) Mary Poppins Comes Back ( 1935 ) Mary Poppins Opens the Door ( 1943 ) Mary Poppins in the Park ( 1952 ) Mary Poppins From A to Z ( 1962 ) Mary Poppins in the Kitchen ( 1975 ) Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane ( 1982 ) Mary Poppins and the House Next Door ( 1988 ) Characters Mary Poppins Mr. Banks Mrs. Banks The Banks children Bert Miss Lark Admiral Boom The servants Adaptations Mary Poppins ( 1964 film ) soundtrack Mary Poppins, Goodbye ( 1983 musical miniseries ) Mary Poppins ( 2004 musical ) Saving Mr. Banks ( 2013 related film ) Mary Poppins Returns ( 2018 film ) Songs `` Sister Suffragette '' `` The Life I Lead '' `` The Perfect Nanny '' `` A Spoonful of Sugar '' `` Jolly Holiday '' `` Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious '' `` Stay Awake '' `` I Love to Laugh '' `` Feed the Birds '' `` Fidelity Fiduciary Bank '' `` Chim Chim Cher - ee '' `` Step in Time '' `` A Man Has Dreams '' `` Let 's Go Fly a Kite '' Category ( all pages ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Let%27s_Go_Fly_a_Kite&oldid=803398749 '' Categories : 1964 songs Songs from Mary Poppins Songs written by the Sherman Brothers Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from December 2010 All articles needing additional references Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 2 October 2017, at 08 : 48. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings let's go fly a kite in mary poppins
Answer: David Tomlinson