From: “Mary Poppins: The New Musical”

A Man Has Dreams (Broadway)

by

RICHARD M. SHERMAN and ROBERT B. SHERMAN

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Walt Disney Music Publishing

© 1963 Wonderland Music Company, Inc.

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 A MAN HAS DREAMS
Music and Lyrics by RICHARD M. SHERMAN
and ROBERT B. SHERMAN

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GEORGE: I used to dream that when I grew up I’d learn everything there was to know about
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