Which song did George Banks, the father in the film "Mary Poppins", sing as the lead vocalist?

"The Life I Lead" is a song from the 1964 Walt Disney film Mary Poppins, composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. Music arranger Irwin Kostal used the theme from this song as the leitmotif of the protagonist George Banks, as it most expresses the way he "marches" through life.

The song is first sung as George Banks (played by David Tomlinson) marches through the front door of his home, on "his return from daily strife to hearth and wife". The song is reprised several times throughout the film, with Julie Andrews also singing a verse. The final reprise is sung when Banks thinks he has lost everything. The music is now more somber and is retitled, "A Man Has Dreams".

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Richard G Schwartz

Couldn't Julie Andrew's have been in the photo?

Corey Taylor

Strange how there was no mention of that number in "Saving Mr. Banks".

Lisa Rodrigues

I feel a surge of deep satisfaction.

Char

I also remember spelling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious..my Dad was so proud lol..quite a speller in my younger years falling down a bit on the job now along with fat fingers and spell check..lol

Char

Funny I just watched at Mary Poppins 2 last night..lol

deborahpmercer

Had to think about that one, then heard the song in my head.

teresab

I attended Mary Poppins in October 2020, wonderful, amazing girl who played Mary came into the bar to meet her audience. She was swamped by children. I was so surprised that during the show all the children were singing along, they knew all the words.