It is my great honor to introduce this evening's renowned guest,
the one, the only, Mary Poppins!
[audience cheering]
Oh!
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Come on!
Come on up.
[cheering]
Thank you.
Sing! Sing! Sing for us!
Come on. Have a go.
No. I haven't sung in years.
Please! Please!
Oh, no. I couldn't possibly.
D-flat major.
♪♪♪
♪ Uncle Gutenberg was a bookworm ♪
♪ And he lived on Charing Cross ♪
♪ The memory of his volumes brings a smile ♪
♪ He would read me lots of stories ♪
[laughter]
♪ Now I'd like to share the wisdom ♪
♪ Of my favorite bibliophile ♪
♪ He said ♪
♪ A cover is not the book so open it up and take a look ♪
♪ 'Cause under the covers one discovers that the king may be a crook ♪
♪ Chapter titles are like signs ♪
♪ And if you read between the lines ♪
♪ You'll find your first impression was mistook ♪
♪ For a cover is nice but a cover is not the book ♪
♪ Ta-ru-ra-lee ta-ra-ta-ta-ta, ta-ru-ra-lee ta-ra-ta-ta-ta ♪
Mary Poppins, could you give us an example?
Certainly.
Mm!
♪ Nellie Rubina was made of wood but what could not be seen ♪
♪ Was though her trunk up top was barren ♪
♪ Well, her roots were lush and green ♪
♪ So, in spring when Mr. Hick'ry ♪
♪ Saw her blossoms bloomin' there ♪
♪ He took root despite her bark ♪
♪ And now there's seedlings everywhere ♪
♪ Which proves a cover is not the book so open it up and take a look ♪
♪ 'Cause under the covers one discovers that the king may be a crook ♪
♪ Chapter titles are like signs ♪
♪ And if you read between the lines ♪
♪ You'll find your first impression was mistook ♪
♪ For a cover is nice but a cover is not the book ♪
Shall we do the one about the wealthy widow?
Always loved that one.
Oh, go on, then.
♪ Lady Hyacinth Macaw ♪
♪ Brought all her treasures to a reef ♪
♪ Plus two feathers and a leaf ♪
♪ So no one tried to rob her 'cause she barely wore a stitch ♪
♪ For when you're in your birthday suit ♪
♪ There ain't much there to show you're rich ♪
♪ Oh, a cover is not the book so open it up and take a look ♪
♪ 'Cause under the covers one discovers that the king may be a crook ♪
♪ Ta-ru-ra-lee ta-ru-ra-la, ta-ru-ra-lee ta-ra-ta-ta ♪
♪ You'll find your first impression was mistook Ya-da-da-da ♪
♪ For a cover is nice but a cover is not the book ♪
Give us the one about the dirty rascal, why don't you?
Well, the quicker you're into it,
the quicker you're out of it.
♪ Once upon a time in a nursery rhyme ♪
♪ There was a castle with a king hiding in a wing ♪
♪ 'Cause he never went to school to learn a single thing ♪
♪ He had scepters and swords and a parliament of lords ♪
♪ But on the inside he was sad, egad ♪
♪ Because he never had a wisdom for numbers, a wisdom for words ♪
♪ Though his crown was quite immense, his brain was smaller than a bird's ♪
♪ So the queen of the nation made a royal proclamation ♪
♪ "To the missus and the messers, the more or lessers ♪
♪ Bring me all the land's professors", then she went to the hairdressers ♪
♪ And they came from the east and they came from the south ♪
♪ From each college they poured knowledge from their brains into his mouth ♪
♪ But the king couldn't learn, so each professor met their fate ♪
♪ For the queen had their heads removed and placed upon the gate ♪
♪ And on that date I state ♪
♪ Their wives all got a note their mate was now the late great ♪
♪ But then suddenly one day a stranger started in to sing ♪
♪ He said "I'm the dirty rascal and I'm here to teach the king" ♪
♪ And the queen clutched her jewels, for she hated royal fools ♪
♪ But this fool had some rules they really ought to teach in schools ♪
♪ Like you'll be a happy king if you enjoy the things you've got ♪
♪ You should never try to be the kind of person that you're not ♪
♪ So they sang and they laughed, for the king had found a friend ♪
♪ And they ran onto a rainbow for the story's perfect end ♪
♪ So, the moral is you mustn't let the outside be the guide ♪
♪ For it's not so cut and dried ♪
♪ Well, unless it's Dr. Jekyll ♪
♪ Then you better hide Petrified ♪
♪ No, the truth can't be denied as I now have testified ♪
♪ All that really counts and matters is the special stuff inside ♪
He did it!
♪ Oh, a cover is not the book so open it up and take a look ♪
♪ 'Cause under the covers one discovers that the king may be a crook ♪
♪ So, please listen to what we've said ♪
♪ And open a book tonight in bed ♪
Sing it out strong!
♪ Please take our advice ♪
♪ Or you'll pay the price ♪
♪ A cover is nice but a cover is not the book ♪
♪ Ta-ru-ra-lee ta-ru-ra, ta-ru-ra-lee ta-ru-ra ♪
♪ Ta-ru-ra-lee ta-ru-ra, la-la-la ♪
[audience cheering]