<Li> "Measure Up" was to accompany the scene in which Mary takes the tape measure to Jane and Michael . </Li> <Li> "Admiral Boom" was to be the theme song for the cannon - firing neighbor of the Banks Residence, but it was cut by Walt Disney as being unnecessary . The melody of the song remains in the film, and the bombastic theme is heard whenever Boom appears onscreen . One line from this song ("The whole world takes its time from Greenwich, but Greenwich, they say, takes its time from Admiral Boom!") is spoken by Bert early in the film . </Li> <Li> "Sticks, Paper and Strings" was an early version of "Let's Go Fly a Kite ." </Li> <Li> "Lead the Righteous Life", an intentionally poorly written hymn, was to have been sung by Katie Nanna (Elsa Lanchester) along with Jane and Michael prior to Mary Poppins' arrival . The melody was later reused for a similar song in The Happiest Millionaire </Li>

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