A Cover Is Not The Book
[00:12.36] Uncle Gutenberg was a bookworm
[00:15.12] And he lived on Charing Cross
[00:17.61] The memory of his volumes brings a smile
[00:21.86] He would read me lots of stories
[00:24.11] When he wasn't on the sauce
[00:26.86] Now I'd like to share the wisdom
[00:29.11] Of my favourite bibliophile
[00:33.61] He said a-
[00:38.12] Cover is not the book
[00:39.37] So open it up and take a look
[00:41.36] 'Cause under the covers one discovers
[00:43.62] That the king may be a crook
[00:45.36] Chapter titles are like signs
[00:47.36] And if you read between the lines
[00:49.61] You'll find your first impression was mistook
[00:53.37] For a cover is nice
[00:54.62] But a cover is not the book
[00:56.11] Ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ra-ta-ta-ta!
[00:58.11] Ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ra-ta-ta-ta!
[01:00.12] Mary Poppins, could you give us an example?
[01:03.37] Certainly!
[01:05.61] Nellie Rubina was made of wood
[01:07.36] But what could not be seen was though
[01:09.61] Her trunk up top was barren
[01:11.11] Well, her roots were lush and green
[01:13.11] So in Spring when Mr Hickory saw her blossoms blooming there
[01:17.11] He took root despite her bark
[01:19.11] And now there's seedlings everywhere
[01:21.36] Which proves
[01:22.36] A cover is not the book
[01:24.11] So open it up and take a look
[01:26.11] 'Cause under the covers one discovers
[01:28.11] That the king may be a crook
[01:30.11] Chapter titles are like signs
[01:31.86] And if you read between the lines
[01:34.11] You'll find your first impression was mistook
[01:37.86] For a cover is nice
[01:39.11] But a cover is not the book
[01:41.61] Should we do the one about the wealthy widow?
[01:44.11] Oh, by all means!
[01:45.36] Always loved that one
[01:46.36] Well, go on then!
[01:47.86] Lady Hyacinth Macaw
[01:49.61] Brought all her treasures to a reef
[01:51.61] Where she only wore a smile
[01:53.61] Plus two feathers, and a leaf
[01:55.86] So no one tried to rob her
[01:57.86] 'Cause she barely wore a stitch
[01:59.61] For when you're in your birthday suit
[02:01.36] There ain't much there to show you're rich!
[02:03.36] Oh, a cover is not the book
[02:05.36] So open it up and take a look
[02:07.36] 'Cause under the covers one discovers
[02:09.61] That the king maybe a crook
[02:11.11] Ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ru-ra-la, ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ra-ta-ta!
[02:15.61] You'll find your first impression was mistook (Ya-da-da-da)
[02:19.36] For a cover is nice
[02:20.61] But a cover is not the book
[02:22.61] Oh, give us the one about the dirty rascal, why don't ya?
[02:25.11] Isn't that one a bit long?
[02:27.11] Well, the quicker you're into it, the quicker you're out of it
[02:33.86] Once upon a time
[02:35.11] In a nursery rhyme
[02:36.36] There was a castle with a king
[02:37.61] Hiding in a wing
[02:38.61] 'Cause he never went to school to learn a single thing
[02:40.86] He had scepters and swords
[02:42.36] And a parliament of lords
[02:43.86] But on the inside he was sad
[02:44.86] Egad!
[02:45.61] Because he never had a wisdom for numbers
[02:47.36] A wisdom for words
[02:48.61] Though his crown was quite immense
[02:49.61] His brain was smaller than a bird's
[02:50.86] So the queen of the nation
[02:51.86] Made a royal proclamation:
[02:53.11] "To the Missus and the Messers
[02:54.61] The more or lessers
[02:55.61] Bring me all the land's professors"
[02:56.86] Then she went to the hair dressers
[02:58.36] And they came from the east
[02:59.36] And they came from the south
[03:00.61] From each college they poured knowledge
[03:01.86] From their brains into his mouth
[03:02.86] But the king couldn't learn
[03:04.11] So each professor met their fate
[03:05.36] For the queen had their heads removed
[03:06.61] And placed upon the gate
[03:07.86] And on that date
[03:09.36] I state their wives all got a note
[03:10.61] Their mate was now the late-great
[03:11.86] But then suddenly one day
[03:13.36] A stranger started in to sing
[03:14.11] He said, "I'm the dirty rascal
[03:15.36] And I'm here to teach the king"
[03:16.86] And the queen clutched her jewels
[03:18.11] For she hated royal fools
[03:19.11] But this fool had some rules
[03:20.11] They really ought to teach in schools
[03:21.36] Like you'll be a happy king
[03:22.61] If you enjoy the things you've got
[03:23.86] You should never try to be
[03:25.11] The kind of person that you're not
[03:26.36] So they sang and they laughed
[03:27.36] For the king had found a friend
[03:28.61] And they ran onto a rainbow for
[03:29.86] The story's perfect end
[03:31.11] So the moral is you musn't let
[03:32.36] The outside be the guide
[03:33.36] For it's not so cut and dried
[03:34.61] Well unless it's Dr. Jekyll
[03:36.36] Then you better hide, petrified!
[03:38.11] No, the truth can't be denied
[03:39.61] As I now have testified
[03:40.86] All that really counts and matters
[03:42.11] Is the special stuff inside
[03:46.11] He did it!
[03:48.61] Oh, a cover is not the book
[03:50.86] So open it up and take a look
[03:52.86] 'Cause under the covers one discovers
[03:55.11] That the king may be a crook
[03:56.86] So please listen to what we've said
[03:59.11] And open a book tonight in bed
[04:01.61] So one more time before we get the hook
[04:03.86] Sing it out strong!
[04:05.11] A cover is nice
[04:06.36] Please take our advice!
[04:07.61] A cover is nice
[04:08.61] Or you'll pay the price!
[04:09.61] A cover is nice
[04:10.61] But a cover is not the book
[04:12.11] Ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ru-ra-la-la
[04:14.11] Ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ru-ra-la-la
[04:16.11] Ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ru-ra-la-la, la, la!
