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Temper, Temper was a song from the musical adaptation of Mary Poppins that featured the nanny sending Jane and Michael to their room and bringing the toys to life. The toys then put the two misbehaving children on trial for the most wanton crime of losing their tempers! The song was infamous for scaring the younger audience members and was later replaced with "Playing the Game", a much tamer version of the lesson, focusing more on treating the toys with kindness, that featured Mary on stage as the ringleader yet also a buffer to the craziness as well.

Lyrics[]

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 of things!

Michael
Why are you all so big?

Valentine
Ha-ha-ha-ha
You'll find out,
Children who lose their temper,
Will lose everything else in the end!
Mwa-Ha-Ha-Ha

Valentine and Other Toys
(chanting) Temper, Temper, Temper, Temper,
Temper, Temper, Temper, Temper,
Temper-Temper-Temper-TEMPER!!!

Valentine
(sung) Temper, Temper!
Caught you at last,
Your quick, Temper,
Went a bit fast!

Valentine and Other Toys
This is a place of Woe
(a place of woe)
This is a place
Where All Wicked Children Go!

Jane
(spoken) But this our Nursery!

Valentine
Not anymore, this is our Nursery!

Toys
(sung) 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!

Michael
(spoken) Stop! Leave us alone!

Bailiff 1
Pray silence for the judge!

Michael
What judge?!?

Bailiff 2
All Rise!

Judge
(sung) Temper, Temper,
Silence, in court,
Is this not the story
You thought!

You have to stand on trial,
(Stand on trial)
You will not see your parents,
for quite some while!

Judge and Bailiffs
Children who refuse to learn,
Will not return,

All
Children who refuse to learn,
Will-Not-Return!

Judge
(spoken) Are you Jane and Michael Banks?

Jane
Yes, and we live at 17 Cherry Tree Lane!

Bailiff
Not anymore you don't,
You're at destiny's crossroad!

Toys
Call the first witness!
Call the first witness!
Call the first witness!

Rag Doll
(sung) Temper, Temper,
Think of the cost,
Of a Temper,
Once it's been lost,

Rag Doll & Toys
You cannot get it back,
(Get it back)
It's no excuse to say,
That you're mood was black!

Toys
(spoken) Call the surprise witness!
Call the surprise witness!
Call the surprise witness!

Jack-in-the-Box
Surprise!

I saw them you're honor,
They were fighting over Valentine!

Judge
Go on!

Jack-in-the-Box
And toys,
Oh no,
And games!

Toys
(sung) Children who refuse to learn will not return!
Children who refuse to learn,
Will-Not-Return!

TEMPER-TEMPER!

Judge
What is your verdict?

Toys
GUILTY!!!

Judge
You stand there cold as brass,
You face the stiffest sentence,
This court can pass!

Toys
Children who refuse to learn,
(Children who refuse to learn)
Children who refuse to learn,
Will-Not-Return!

Mary Poppins
(swinging the doors open to the nursery, causing everything to cease and desist) Temper-Temper!

v - e - d
Mary Poppins Logo
Media
Films: Mary Poppins (video/soundtrack) • Mary Poppins Returns (video/soundtrack) • The Cat That Looked at a KingMusicalThe Legacy CollectionPractically Poppins in Every Way: A Magical Carpetbag of Countless Wonders
Disney Parks
Country Bear Musical JamboreeGarden of the Twelve FriendsMary PoppinsThe Great Movie Ride

Entertainment: Disney Adventure Friends CavalcadeDisney's BelieveDisney Classics: The Music & The MagicFollow Your DreamsMickey's Magical Music WorldOne Man's Dream II: The Magic Lives OnOnce Upon a Mouse
Restaurants: Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe
Parades: Celebrate A Dream Come True ParadeDisney's Dreams On Parade: Moving OnDisney's Magical Moments ParadeDisney's Party ExpressDisney Cinema ParadeDisney Magic on ParadeDisney on Parade: 100 Years of MagicDisney Stars on ParadeDisney Stars 'n' CarsDreaming Up!Happiness is Here ParadeMickey's Soundsational ParadeThe Wonderful World of Disney ParadeTokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade: DreamLightsSpectromagic
Fireworks: Believe... There's Magic in the StarsDisney Dreams!Disney Movie MagicDisneyland ForeverFantasy in the Sky Magical: Disney's New Nighttime Spectacular of Magical CelebrationsReach for the Stars
Spring: Disney's Easter WonderlandDisney's Spring Promenade

Characters
Mary Poppins: Mary PoppinsBertGeorge BanksWinifred BanksJane BanksMichael BanksPenguin WaitersFoxAdmiral Boom and Mr. BinnacleUncle AlbertMr. Dawes Sr.Katie NannaMrs. BrillEllenMr. Dawes Jr.Constable JonesJolly Holiday Farm AnimalsThe Pearly BandRobinsMiss LarkChimney SweepsParrot Umbrella

Mary Poppins Returns: William Weatherall WilkinsJackTopsyThe Balloon LadyClydeShamusJohn BanksAnnabel BanksGeorgie BanksAngusHamilton Gooding and Templeton FryeThe Park KeeperPenny FarthingDolphinsRoyal Doulton AnimalsLamplighters
The Cat That Looked at a King: CatKingQueenPrime Minister
Musical: Miss Andrew

Locations
LondonCherry Tree LaneEnglish Countryside PaintingRoyal Doulton Music Hall
Songs
Mary Poppins: Sister SuffragetteThe Life I LeadThe Perfect NannyA Spoonful of SugarSobre las OlasJolly HolidaySupercalifragilisticexpialidociousStay AwakeI Love to LaughFeed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)A British BankFidelity Fiduciary BankChim Chim Cher-eeStep in TimeA Man Has DreamsLet's Go Fly a Kite

Mary Poppins Returns: (Underneath the) Lovely London SkyA ConversationCan You Imagine That?The Royal Doulton Music HallA Cover is Not the BookThe Place Where Lost Things GoTurning TurtleTrip a Little Light FantasticNowhere to Go But Up
Musical: Temper, TemperPractically PerfectAnything Can HappenBrimstone and TreaclePlaying the GameBeing Mrs. BanksGood for NothingCherry Tree LanePrecision and Order
Deleted Songs: The Anthropomorphic ZooThe ChimpanzooThe Right SideTimbucktuThe Land of SandAdmiral BoomMary Poppins' MelodyYou Think, You BlinkThrough The Eyes of LoveWest WindTiki TownTea in ChinaThe North Pole Polka

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