Uncle Gutenberg was a bookworm, and he lived on Charing Cross. The memory of his volumes brings a smile. He would read me lots of stories when he wasn't on the source. Now I'd like to share the wisdom of my favourite bibliophile, he said. A cover is not the book, so open it up and take a look, cos under the covers one discovers that the king may be a crook. Chapter titles are like signs, and if you read between the lines, you'll find your first impression was mistook. Therefore, a cover is nice, but a cover is not the book. Mary Poppins, could you give us an example? Certainly. Nelly Rubina was made of wood, but what could not be seen was so, where trunk up top was barren, while her roots were lush and green. So in spring, when Mr Hickory saw her blossoms bloom in there, he took root, despite her bog, and now there's seedlings everywhere. Which proves a cover is not the book, so open it up and take a look, cos under the covers one discovers that the king may be a crook. Chapter titles are like signs, and if you read between the lines, you'll find your first impression was mistook. Therefore, a cover is nice, but a cover is not the book. Shall we do the one about the wealthy widow? Oh, by all means. Always loved that one. Oh, go on then. Lady Hyacinth McCaw brought all her treasures to a reef, where she only wore a smile, plus two feathers and a leaf. So no one tried to rob her, cos she barely wore a stick, for when you're in your birthday suit, there ain't much there to show you're rich. Oh, a cover is not the book, so open it up and take a look, cos under the covers one discovers that the king may be a crook. Taroo-ra-lee, taroo-ra-la, taroo-ra-lee, ta-ra-ta-ta. You'll find your first impression was mistook, ya-da-da-da, for a cover is nice, but a cover is not the book. Oh, give us the one about the dirty rascal, why don't you? Isn't that one a bit long? Well, the quicker you're into it, the quicker you're out of it. Once upon a time in a nursery rhyme, there was a castle with a king hiding in a wing, cos he never went to school to learn a single thing. He had scepters and swords and a parliament of lords, but on the inside he was sad, he had, because he never had a wisdom for numbers, a wisdom for words. Though his crown was quite immense, his brain was smaller than a bird's, so the queen of the nation made a royal proclamation to the missus and the missus, the more or lessers, bring me all the land's professors. Then she went to the headdressers, and they came from the east, and they came from the south. From each college they put knowledge from their brains into his mouth, but the king couldn't learn, so each professor met their fate, for the queen had their heads removed and placed upon the gate. And on that date, I staked their words or got a note, their mate was now the late great. But then suddenly one day a stranger started in to sing, he said, I'm the dirty rascal and I'm here to teach the king. And the queen clashed her jewels, for she hated royal fools, but this fool had some rules, they really ought to teach in schools, like you'll be a happy king if you enjoy the things you've got. You should never try to be the kind of person that you're not. So they sang and they laughed, for the king had found a friend, and they ran onto a rainbow for the story's perfect end. So the moral is, you mustn't let the outside be the guide, for it's not so cut and dried. Well, unless there's Dr Jekyll, then you'd better hide. Petrified! No, the truth can't be denied, as I now have testified, and all that really counts and matters is the special stuff inside. CHEERING Sing it! Oh, a cover is not the book, so open it up and take a look, cos under the covers one discovers that the king may be a crook. So please listen to what we've said. And open a book tonight in bed. So one more time before we get the hook. Sing it out strong! A cover is not... Please take our advice. A cover is not... Well, you'll pay the price. A cover is not... Well, a cover is not the book! So please open it! So open up! So please open it! So open up! So please open it! So open up! So open up!