[MR. BANKS]
(spoken)
A man has dreams of walking with giants
To carve his niche in the edifice of time
(sung)

Before the mortar of his zeal
Has a chance to congeal
(spoken)
The cup is dashed from his lips
The flame is snuffed aborning
He´s brought to wreck and ruin in his prime

[BERT]
(spoken)
Life is a rum go, Guv´nor, and that´s the truth

[MR. BANKS]
(spoken)
Do you know what I think? It´s Mary Poppins! From the moment she stepped into the house, things began to happen to me!

[BERT]

(spoken)
Mary Poppins?

[MR. BANKS]
(spoken)
Yes, yes, of course!

(sung)
My world was calm, well-ordered, exemplary
Then came this person, with chaos in her wake
And now my life´s ambitions go with one fell blow
It´s quite a bitter pill  to take

(spoken)
It´s that Poppins woman! She did it!

[BERT]

(spoken)
I know the very person you mean. Mary Poppins, she´s the one wot sings...

(sung)
A spoonful of sugar that is all it takes
It changes bread and water into tea and cakes

[MR. BANKS]
(spoken)
See that´s exactly what I mean! Changing bread and water into tea and cakes indeed! No wonder everything´s higgledy-piggledy here!

[BERT]
(sung)
A spoonful of sugar goes a long, long way
´Ave yourself a ´ealthy ´elpin ev´ry day

(spoken)
An ´ealthy ´elping of trouble if you ask me!

[MR. BANKS]
(spoken)
You know what she did? I realize it now! She tricked me into taking Jane and Michael to the bank. That´s how all the trouble started!

[MR. BANKS]
(spoken)
Tricked you into taking the children on an outing?

[MR. BANKS]
(spoken)
Yes

[BERT]
(spoken)
"Outrageous!" A man with all the important things you have to do. "Shameful!"

You´re a man of ´igh position, esteemed by your peers
(sung)
And when your little tykes are cryin´, you ´aven´t time to dry their tears
And see them grateful little faces smilin´ up at you
Because their dad, ´e always knows just what to do

[MR. BANKS]
(spoken)

Well I, look I...I don´t think I...

[BERT]
(spoken)
Like you say, Guv´nor...

(sung)
You´ve got to grind, grind, grind at that grindstone
Though child´ood 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 ´elp the medicine go down
The medicine go down, medicine go down

(spoken)
Welp, so long Guv´nor. Sorry for your trouble

(whistles)