If you invest your tuppence wisely in the bank   Safe and sound   Soon that tuppence safely invested in the bank   Will compound      And you'll achieve that sense of conquest   As your affluence expands   In the hands of the directors   Who invest as propriety demands      You see, Michael, you'll be part of railways through Africa   Dams across the Nile, fleets of ocean Greyhounds   Majestic, self-amortizing canals   Plantations of ripening tea      All from tuppence, prudently fruitfully, frugally invested   In the, to be specific   In the Dawes, Tomes, Mousely, Grubbs   Fidelity fiduciary bank      Now Michael, when you deposit tuppence in a bank account   Soon you'll see   That it blooms into credit of a generous amount   Semiannually      And you'll achieve that sense of stature   As your influence expands   To the high financial strata   That established credit, now commands      You can purchase first and second trust deeds   Think of the foreclosures   Bonds! Chattels! Dividends! Shares   Bankruptcies! Debtor sales! Opportunities      All manner of private enterprise   Shipyards! The mercantile   Collieries! Tanneries   Incorporations! Amalgamations! Banks      You see Michael, tuppence, patiently, cautiously trustingly invested   In the, to be specific   In the Dawes, Tomes, Mousely, Grubbs   Fidelity Fiduciary Bank