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Artist: Mary Poppins
Canonical path: /poppins-mary/temper-temper
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Temper Temper
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Temper Temper
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[JANE]
What's happening? I don't understand!
[VALENTINE]
I'm sure you don't, Jane. You and Michael think you have nothing to learn but you don't understand the simplest things.
[MICHAEL]
Why are you all so big?
[WILLIAM]
You'll find out.
[VALENTINE]
Children who lose their temper will lose everything else in the end.
[TOYS]
Temper, temper
Temper, temper
Temper, temper
Temper, temper
Temper, temper
Temper, temper
Temper, temper
Temper, temper
Temper, temper
[VALENTINE]
Temper, temper
Caught you at last
Your quick temper
Went a bit fast
This is a place of woe
[TOYS]
This is a place of woe
[VALENTINE]
This a place where all
[TOYS]
Wicked children go
[MICHAEL]
But this is our nursery!
[VALENTINE]
No, this is *our* nursery.
[TOYS]
Temper, temper, that was your crime
We've been watching you for some time
We knew that you'd appear (That you'd appear)
We knew your temper tantrums would lead you here
[JANE]
Stop! Leave us alone!
[WILLIAM]
Pray silence for the judge!
[MICHAEL]
What judge?
[WILLIAM]
All rise.
[MR PUNCH]
Temper, temper, silence in court
Is this not the story you thought?
You have to stand on trial
[TOYS]
Stand on trial
[MR PUNCH]
You will not see your parents
For quite some time
[VALENTINE & WILLIAM]
Children who refuse to learn
[TOYS]
Will not return
Children who refuse to learn
Will not return
[MR PUNCH]
Are you Jane and Michael Banks?
[JANE]
Yes, and we live at Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane.
[MONKEY 1]
Not anymore, you don't. You're at destiny's crossroads.
[MR PUNCH]
You stand accused of the wanton lost of a most important commodity. Namely, your temper!
[VALENTINE]
Call the first witness!
[MONKEYS]
Call the first witness!
[WILLIAM]
Call the first witness!
[DOLL]
Temper, temper, think of the cost
Of a temper, once it's been lost
You cannot get it back
[TOYS]
Cannot get it back
[DOLL]
It's no excuse to say
[TOYS]
That your mood was black
[VALENTINE]
Call the surprise witness!
[MONKEYS]
Call the surprise witness!
[WILLIAM]
Call the surprise witness!
[JACK-IN-A-BOX]
Surprise! Yes, I saw them, your Honour. They were fighting over Valentine.
[MR PUNCH]
Go on.
[JACK-IN-A-BOX]
And… And tore his arm! Again!
[TOYS]
Children who refuse to learn
Will not return
Children
Children who refuse to learn
Return
Will not return
Temper, temper
Temper, temper
Temper, temper
Temper, temper
[MR PUNCH]
What is your verdict?
[TOYS]
Guilty!
[JUDGE]
You stand there bold as brass
You face the stiffest sentence this court can ask
[TOYS]
Children who refuse to learn
Will not return
Children who refuse to learn
Will not return
Children who refuse to learn
Will not return
Temper, temper!
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