skies
All around the cathedral
the saints and apostles
Look down as she sells her wares
Although you can't see it
You know they are smiling
Each time someone shows
That he cares
Though her words
Are simple and few
Listen, listen
She's calling to you
Feed the birds
Tuppence a bag
Tuppence, tuppence
Tuppence a bag
Though her words
Are simple and few
Listen, listen
She's calling to you
Feed the birds
Tuppence a bag
Tuppence, tuppence
Tuppence
A bag
Now remember that a bank is
a quiet and decorous place,
so we must be on our best behaviour.
- But I thought it was your bank.
- Yes, well, I'm one
of the younger officers...
so in a sense it is, sort of.
Michael, look!
- It's her!
- Who?
- It's who?
- The bird woman. Just where
Mary Poppins said she would be.
- You do see her, don't you, Father?
- Well, of course I can see her.
Do you think I can't see
past the end of my nose?
Listen, Father,
she's saying it.
Feed the birds.
Tuppence a bag.
Well, of course she's saying it.
What else would she be saying?
- Please may we feed the birds?
- Whatever for?
- I have tuppence from my money box.
- Just this once, please?
Waste your money on a lot of
ragamuffin birds? Certainly not.
- But Mary Poppins...
- I am not interested
in what Mary Poppins says.
Nor do I wish to keep hearing
her name for the remainder
of the day. Now come along!
But it's my tuppence!
Michael, I will not permit you
to throw your money away!
When we get to the bank, I shall show
you what may be done with your tuppence.
And I think you'll find it
extremely interesting.
Hello, Banks.
What's all this about?
- These are my children, Mr Dawes.
- Well, so I assumed.
- But why are they here?
- They wish to open an account, sir.
- Oh, indeed?
- Yes.
And just how much money
do you have, young man?
- Tuppence. But I want it
to feed the birds.
- Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
Tuppence?
Tuppence? Precisely how I started.
That's the chairman of the bank,
the elder Mr Dawes.
A giant in the world of finance.
- A giant?
- Shh, shh, shh.
Uh, Father, these
are Banks's children.
- They want to open an account.
- Oh, they do, do they, boy?
Excellent. Excellent.
We can al-always use...
al-always use more money to, to put
to work for the bank, can't we, boy?
So, you have tuppence?
May I be permitted to see it?
No. I want it to feed the birds!
Fiddlesticks, boy! Feed the birds
and what have you got? Fat birds!
But if you invest your tuppence
Wisely in the bank
Safe and sound
Soon that tuppence
safely invested in the bank
Will compound
And you'll achieve
that sense of conquest
As your affluence expands
In the hands
Of the directors
Who invest
As propriety demands
- May I, sir?
- Carry on, Banks.
You see, Michael,
you'll be part of...
- Railways through Africa
- Exactly!
- Dams across the Nile
- The ships. Tell them about the ships.
- Fleets of ocean greyhounds
- More, tell them more!
Majestic self-amortizing canals
Oh, it fires the imagination!
Plantations of ripening
Tea
All from
Tuppence prudently
thriftily, frugally
- Invested in the
- To be specific
In the Dawes, Tomes
Mousley, Grubbs
Fidelity Fiduciary Bank
- Very well, my boy, give me the money.
- No, I won't! I want it
to feed the birds.
- Banks!
- Yes, sir. Now, Michael.
When you deposit tuppence
in a bank account
- Go on!
- Soon you'll see
- Tell him more!
- That it blooms into credit
of a generous amount
Semiannually
And you'll achieve
that sense of stature
As your influence expands
To the high financial strata
That established credit
now commands
You can purchase
first and second trust deeds.
Think of the foreclosures!
Bonds, chattels,
dividends, shares.
- Bankruptcies.
- Debtor sales.
- Opportunities.
- All manner of private enterprise.
- Shipyards.
- The mercantile.
- Collieries.
- Tanneries.
- Corporations.
- Amalgamations.
- Banks!
While stand
the banks of England...