"Step in Time" is a song in Disney's Mary Poppins based on the popular Knees Up Mother Brown. It is sung by Bert (Dick Van Dyke).
Lyrics
First part
Bert:
Step in time! step in time!
Chimney Sweeps:
Step in time, step in time
Step in time!
Bert:
Step in time!
Step in time, step in time
Come on, mateys, step in time
Chimney Sweeps:
Step in time!
Step in time, step in time
Step in time, step in time
Never need a reason, never need a rhyme
We step in time, we step in time
Bert:
Kick your knees up!
Chimney Sweeps:
Kick your knees up, step in time
Kick your knees up, step in time
Never need a reason, never need a rhyme
Kick your knees up, step in time
Bert:
Round the chimney!
Chimney Sweeps:
Round the chimney, step in time
Round the chimney, step in time
Never need a reason, never need a rhyme
Round the chimney, step in time
Bert:
Flap like a birdie!
Chimney Sweeps:
Flap like a birdie, step in time
Flap like a birdie, step in time
Never need a reason, never need a rhyme
Flap like a birdie, in time
Bert:
Up on the railing!
Chimney Sweeps:
Up on the railing, step in time
Up on the railing, step in time
Never need a reason, never need a rhyme
Up on the railing, step in time
Bert:
Over the rooftops!
Chimney Sweeps:
Over the rooftops, step in time
Over the rooftops, step in time
Never need a reason, never need a rhyme
Over the rooftops, step in time
Bert:
Link your elbows!
Chimney Sweeps:
Link your elbows, step in time
Link your elbows, step in time
Link your elbows, link your elbows
Link your elbows!
Chimney Sweeps:
Step in time, step in time
Step in time, step in time
Never need a reason, never need a rhyme
You step in time, you step...in...time
[instrumental interlude]
Bert:
Mary Poppins, step in time!
[instrumental interlude]
Second part
Mrs. Brill:
AH! They're at it again!
Chimney Sweeps:
They're at it again, step in time
They're at it again, step in time
They're at it again, step in time
Ellen:
Ow!
Chimney Sweeps:
Ow, step in time
Ow, step in time
Never need a reason, never need a rhyme
Ow, step in time
[instrumental interlude]
Chimney Sweeps:
Votes for women, step in time
Votes for women, step in time
Votes for women
Winifred Banks:
Votes for women!
[instrumental interlude]
Ellen:
It's the Master!
Chimney Sweeps:
It's the master, step in time
It's the master, step in time
George Banks:
What's all this?
Chimney Sweeps: What's all this!
What's all this!
What's all this!
What's all this!
What's all this!
Chimney Sweeps: Link your elbows, step in time
Kick your knees up, step in time
Kick your knees up, kick your knees up
Kick your knees up
Kick your knees up in time!