A British Bank (The Life I Lead) - From "Mary Poppins"/Soundtrack Version

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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!
 I quite agree!
 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 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...
 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
 Yes, well done, you 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
 About the life you lead!
 Exactly!
 They must feel the thrill of totting up a balanced book
 A thousand ciphers neatly in a row
 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
 

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Duration
02:08
Key
8
Tempo
124 BPM

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