The Magic of Mary Poppins, a Waltz

You dot all your I’s and you cross all your T’s
You savor your bread with the jam and the tea,
You mind all your P’s, and your Q’s, and your manners
And bid your goodbyes in a gentleman’s manner.

When she is around, your life is a thrill:
Your travel the world with the dolphins and pandas,
You dance with the cows and laugh with the uncles,
But sip all the drops of your medicine’s fill.

Refrain:

She is friends with the wind, she is clever of wit,
She is elegant, magical, smart,
She is right to the core, she’s a gal to adore,
She is strictness and fairness and art.
She is never to marry – that beautiful Mary,
Oh, that merry and whimsical fairy…
What a wonderful girl – with a waltz and a whirl
She’s away, she’s never to tarry.

Oh, what if the world were a magical place,
If each was a sorcerer, wizard or fairy,
And what if we graced all our weeks and our days
With love and with flowers, eclairs and flares…



Your waltz and you dance and you venture a glance
To see if it’s raining umbrellas…
The world is in need of magicians, indeed:
Of jolly good lasses and fellows!

Refrain in full or second half

You look to the sky and nostalgically sigh,
You wish you could fly with the wind…
By golly, you can! Simply dream once again,
Believe in your magic, and WIN…

Refrain in full