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| A man has dreams of walking with giants To carve his niche in the edifice of time Before the mortar of his zeal Has a chance to congeal The cup is dashed from his lips The flame is snuffed aborning He's bought to rack and ruin in his prime Bert: Life is a rum goal guv'nor and that's the truth Mr Banks: You know what I think? It's that woman Mary Poppins. From the moment she stepped in to this house - things began to happen to me! Bert: Mary Poppins? Mr Banks: Yes, yes of course My world was calm, well ordered, EXEMPLARY Then came this person with chaos in her wake And now my life's ambitions go with on felt blow It's quite a bitter pill to take Mr Banks: It's that Poppins women, she did it! Bert: I know the very person you mean Mary Poppins - she's the one what sings... A spoonful of sugar, that is all it takes It changes brad and water into tea and cakes Mr Banks: See, that's exactly what I mean Changing bread and water into tea and cakes indeed - no wonder everything's higgldy piggldy here. Bert: A spoonful of sugar goes a long, long way Have yourself an healthy helping every day... An healthy helping and crubble if you ask me Mr Banks: Do you know what she did? I realise it now - she tricked me in to taking Jane and Michael to the bank - that's how all the trouble started. Bert: Tricked you in to taking the children on an outing? Mr Banks: Yes Bert: Outrageous! A man of all the important things you have to do - Shameful! You're a man of high position Esteemed by your peers And when your little tykes are crying' You haven't time to dry their tears And see them grateful little faces smiling up at you Because their dad, he always knows just what to do.... Like you say guv'nor You've got to grind, grind, grind at that grindstone Though childhood slips like sand through a sieve And all too soon they've up and grown And then they've flown And it's too late for you to give Just that spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down The medicine go dow-wown, medicine go down. |