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"A Man Has Dreams" is a song from Walt Disney's film Mary Poppins, written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The song melody is a slowed down version of "The Life I Lead" which serves as Banks's leitmotif as he was fired. In both the motion picture and the stage musical, the song is performed as a conversational duet between Bert, the chimney sweep (Dick Van Dyke) and George Banks (David Tomlinson). It is operatic in nature, sung dialogue, and was highly unusual for a musical film of that era. The song incorporates a reprise of "A Spoonful of Sugar" which is Mary Poppins's leitmotif.

The melody first appears as George Banks marches into the front door of his home. At that point in the film, the song is bouncy in nature to reflect Banks's triumphant spirit. The song is then titled "The Life I Lead". It is reprised several times throughout the film. The final reprise is sung when Banks thinks he has lost everything, during which the music is somber and the song itself retitled as, "A Man Has Dreams".

This song is pivotal in both the stage musical as well as the film.

History

According to Disney archival records, the song was originally titled "Mr. Banks and Bert Converse" but the title was changed to its present one, prior to first print publication of sheet music. "A Man Has Dreams" are the first four words of the song; they are not repeated after that.

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Sherman, Robert B. Walt's Time: from before to beyond. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998.

v t e P. L. Travers's Mary Poppins
Books	Mary Poppins (1934) Mary Poppins Opens the Door (1943)
Characters	Mary Poppins
Films	Mary Poppins Saving Mr. Banks accolades Mary Poppins Returns
Television	"Mary Poppins" (Studio One) Mary Poppins, Goodbye
Musicals	Mary Poppins
Music	Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack "Sister Suffragette" "The Life I Lead" "The Perfect Nanny" "A Spoonful of Sugar" "Jolly Holiday" "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" "Stay Awake" "I Love to Laugh" "Feed the Birds" "Fidelity Fiduciary Bank" "Chim Chim Cher-ee" "Step in Time" "A Man Has Dreams" "Let's Go Fly a Kite" Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins Saving Mr. Banks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Mary Poppins Returns: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "The Place Where Lost Things Go"
Related	Susan Sto Helit "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" Cheshire Crossing
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