The Life I Lead -Mary Poppins I feel a surge of deep satisfaction Much as a king astride his noble steed When I return from daily strife to heart and wife How pleasant is the life I lead Mrs Banks: Spoken) Dear it's about the children Mr Banks: Yes yes yes Sung) I run my home precisely on schedule At 6:01I march through my door My slippers sherry and pipe are due at 6:02 Consistent is the life I lead It's grand to be an Englishman in 1910 King Edward's on the throne; It's the age of men I'm the lord of my castle The sov'reign the liege I treat my subjects:servants children wife With a firm but gentle hand Noblesse oblige It's 6:03and the heirs to my dominion Are scrubbed and tubbed and adequately fed And so I'll pat them on the head And send them off to bed Ah Lordly is the life I lead A British nanny must be a gen'ral The future empire lies within her hands And so the person that we need to mold the breed Is a nanny who can give commands A British bank is run with precision A British home requires nothing less Tradition discipline and rules must be the tools Without them -disorder Catastrophe Anarchy - In short we have a ghastly mess