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| 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 The children must be moulded, shaped and taught That life's a looming battle to be faced and fought Mr Banks: 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 traditional. 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 said it And popping through pictures Have little use, fulfil no basic need They've got to learn the honest truth despite their youth They must learn Mary Poppins: About the life you lead Mr Banks: Exactly Mary Poppins: They must feel the thrill of totting up a balanced book A thousand ciphers neatly in a row Mr Banks: Quite right Mary Poppins: When gazing at a chart that shows the profits up their little cup of joy should overflow Mr Banks: Precisely Mary Poppins: It's time they learned to walk in your footsteps Mr Banks: My footsteps Mary Poppins: To tread your straight and narrow path with pride Mr Banks: With pride Mary Poppins: Tomorrow, just as you suggest pressed and dressed Jane and Michael will be at your side |