A British Bank (The Life I Lead) - David Tomlinson, Julie Andrews

Mr. George Banks:

A British bank is run with precision

A British home requires nothing less!

Tradition, discipline, and rules must be the tools

Without them… Disorder!

Chaos!

Moral disintegration!

In short, you have a ghastly mess!

Mary Poppins:

I quite agree!

Mr. Banks:

The children must be molded, shaped, and taught

That life’s a looming battle to be faced and fought

In short, I am disturbed to hear my children talking about popping in and out

of chalk pavement pictures, consorting with racehorse persons, foxhunting!

Yes, well, I don’t mind that quite so much.

At any rate, it’s tradition!

But tea parties on the ceiling?

I ask you: having tea parties on the ceiling?

And highly questionable outings of every other kind!

If they must go on outings, these outings ought to be Fraught with purpose, yes, and practicality

These silly words like superca… superca…superca…

Mary Poppins:

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Mr. Banks:

Yes, well done, you’ve said it.

…And popping through pictures

Have little use, fulfill no basic need!

They’ve got to learn the honest truth, despite their youth

They must learn…

Mary Poppins (Mr. Banks):

…About the life you lead (Exactly!)

They must feel the thrill of totting up a balanced book

A thousand ciphers neatly in a row (Quite right!)

When gazing at a graph that shows the profits up Their little cup of joy should overflow!

(Precisely!)

It’s time they learned to walk in your footsteps (My footsteps…)

To tread your straight and narrow path with pride (With pride!)

Tomorrow, just as you suggest, pressed and dressed

Jane and Michael will be at your side