A Cover Is Not The Book Lyrics - Disney

Uncle Goodenberg was a bookworm 

And he lived on Charring Cross 

The memory of his volumes brings a smile 

He would read me lots of stories 

When he wasn't on the sauce 

Now I'd like to share the wisdom 

Of my favourite bibliophile 

He said a 

Cover is not the book 

So open it up and take a look 

Cause under the cover one discovers 

That the king maybe 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 

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"Mary Poppins, could you give us an example" 

"Certainly" 

Nelly Rebitta was made of wood 

But what could not be seen was though 

A trunk up top was barren 

While her roots were lush and green 

So in Spring when Mr Hickery saw her 

Blossoms blooming there 

He took fruit despite her bark 

And now there's seedlings everywhere 

Which proves that 

A cover is not the book 

So open it up and take a look 

'Cause under the cover one discovers 

That the king maybe 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 

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"Should we do the one about the wealthy widow?" 

"Ooh, by all means" 

"Always loved that one" 

"Well go on then" 

Lady Highest of Macaw brought 

All her treasures to a reef 

Where she only wore a smile 

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 cover one discovers 

That the king maybe a crook 

Tarulalee, tarurala, tarulalee, tara-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 

"Oh give us the one about that dirty rascal 

Why don't ya" 

"Isn't that one a bit long?" 

"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 that 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 hair dressers 

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 cover one discovers 

That the king maybe a crook 

So please listen to what we've said 

And open up a book tonight in bed 

So one more time before we get the host (sing it) 

A cover is nice (Please take our advice) 

A cover is nice (Or you'll pay the price) 

A cover is nice 

But a cover is not the book