Leeneia, you may have a point: In Wikipedia, we read:

There was some controversy when the British press reported that the children had not been paid for their efforts; they were eventually given copies of the album, and the school received a £1,000 donation (£4,000 in contemporary value)

Had they sung "We are enthusiastic about education, proper grammar and pronunciation, so that we may become entitled to a job as a London gentleman's manservant", they may have earned a little dole.