"Stay Awake" is a song featured in Disney's 1964 film Mary Poppins. It is sung by Mary Poppins when she is trying to get Jane and Michael to go to sleep. In 2013, a reperformance of it was contributed by Hayley Westenra.
Lyrics
Stay awake
Don't rest your head
Don't lie down upon your bed
While the moon drifts in the skies
Stay awake
Don't close your eyes
Though the world is fast asleep
Though your pillow's soft and deep
You're not sleepy as you seem
Stay awake, don't nod and dream
Stay awake, don't nod...
And...
Dream.
Other Versions
| Performer(s) | Title(s) | Translations(s) | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Hartzersdorf | "Acordar" | "Wake Up" | Brazilian Portuguese |
| Teresa María | "Espera despierto" | "Wait Awake" | Castilian Spanish |
| Louise Fribo | Danish | ||
| Joke de Kruijf | "Slaap niet in" | "Don't Sleep In" | Dutch |
| Marjo-Riitta "Marjorie" Nieminen | "Valvo vain" | Finnish | |
| Éliane Thibault | "Ne dormez pas" | French | |
| Monika Dahlberg | "Bleibt schön wach und schlaft nicht ein" | German | |
| נינט טייב (Ninet Tayeb) | "אל תישנו" (El tishenu) | Hebrew | |
| Tina Centi | "Stiamo svegli" | Italian | |
| 伊東恵里 (Eri Itō) | "眠らないで" (Nemuranaide) | "Don't Sleep" | Japanese |
| Vicky Córdova | "No hay que dormir" | Latin Spanish | |
| Jannike Kruse | "Hold deg våken" | Norwegian | |
| Joanna Węgrzynowska | "Nie chcesz spać" | Polish | |
| Ирина Линдт (Irina Lindt) | "Не спи" (Ne spi) | Russian | |
| Myrra Malmberg | "Håll er vakna" | Swedish |
Videos
Stay Awake-5
Disney Instrumental ǀ Fred Mollin - Stay Awake - Feed The Birds-2
Disney Instrumental ǀ Columbia Strings Orchestra - Stay Awake-2
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Trivia
- This song, along with "Feed the Birds", were the only two from the film that the author, P.L. Travers liked. In fact, it was almost cut from the film, but Mrs. Travers insisted it stay, because she believed it was exactly something that Mary Poppins would sing.
- This song was heard during a 2019 iPhone XR commercial.
- The song was meant to be an irony. Despite the lyrical content telling the children to stay awake, the purpose of the song's melody is to send them to sleep via reverse psychology.
