Major-General's Song by Gilbert And Sullivan
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I am the very (1)__________ of a modern Major-General
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral
I know the kings of England
And I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical
I'm very (2)________ acquainted, too, with matters mathematical
I (3)____________________ equations, both the simple and quadratical
About binomial (4)______________ I'm teeming with a lot o' news
(Hmm, lot of news.... Got it!)
With many cheerful facts
About the square of the hypotenuse
...
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus
I (5)________ the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in (6)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (7)________ model of a modern Major-General
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I know our mythic history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can (8)________ undoubted
Raphaels from (9)____________ Dows and Zoffanies
I know the croaking chorus
From The Frogs of Aristophanes
Then I can hum a fugue
Of which I've heard the music's din afore
(Ooh, din afore, din afore... Got it!)
And whistle all the airs
From that infernal nonsense Pinafore
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Then I can (10)__________ a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you (11)__________ detail of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
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In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Mauser (12)__________ from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And (13)__________________ I'm more wary at
And when I (14)________ precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a (15)____________ in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
(Oh, that's a hard one, strategy... Got it!)
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a-gee
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For my military knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has only been (16)______________ down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (17)________ model of a modern Major-General
...
(One more time?!)
...
In fact
When I (18)________ what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at (19)__________ a (20)____________ rifle from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more wary at
And when I know precisely
What is (21)__________ by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know (22)________ of tactics than a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
You'll say a better Major-General has never rode a horse!
...
For my (23)________________ knowledge
Though I'm (24)____________ and adventury
Has (25)________ been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in (26)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (27)________ model of a (28)____________ Major-General!
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I am the very (1)__________ of a modern Major-General
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral
I know the kings of England
And I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical
I'm very (2)________ acquainted, too, with matters mathematical
I (3)____________________ equations, both the simple and quadratical
About binomial (4)______________ I'm teeming with a lot o' news
(Hmm, lot of news.... Got it!)
With many cheerful facts
About the square of the hypotenuse
...
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus
I (5)________ the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in (6)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (7)________ model of a modern Major-General
...
I know our mythic history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can (8)________ undoubted
Raphaels from (9)____________ Dows and Zoffanies
I know the croaking chorus
From The Frogs of Aristophanes
Then I can hum a fugue
Of which I've heard the music's din afore
(Ooh, din afore, din afore... Got it!)
And whistle all the airs
From that infernal nonsense Pinafore
...
Then I can (10)__________ a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you (11)__________ detail of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
...
In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Mauser (12)__________ from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And (13)__________________ I'm more wary at
And when I (14)________ precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a (15)____________ in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
(Oh, that's a hard one, strategy... Got it!)
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a-gee
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has only been (16)______________ down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (17)________ model of a modern Major-General
...
(One more time?!)
...
In fact
When I (18)________ what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at (19)__________ a (20)____________ rifle from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more wary at
And when I know precisely
What is (21)__________ by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know (22)________ of tactics than a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
You'll say a better Major-General has never rode a horse!
...
For my (23)________________ knowledge
Though I'm (24)____________ and adventury
Has (25)________ been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in (26)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (27)________ model of a (28)____________ Major-General!
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