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Major-General's Song by Gilbert And Sullivan

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I am the very model of a (1)____________ Major-General
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral
I know the kings of England
And I quote the fights historical
From (2)________________ to Waterloo, in order categorical
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical
About binomial theorem I'm (3)______________ with a lot o' news
(Hmm, lot of news.... Got it!)
With many (4)________________ facts
About the square of the hypotenuse
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I'm very good at integral and differential calculus
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (5)________ model of a modern Major-General
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I know our mythic history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I (6)____________ hard acrostics, I've a pretty (7)__________ for paradox
I quote in (8)________________ all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can tell undoubted
Raphaels (9)________ Gerard Dows and Zoffanies
I know the croaking chorus
From The Frogs of Aristophanes
Then I can hum a fugue
Of which I've (10)__________ the music's din afore
(Ooh, din afore, din afore... Got it!)
And (11)______________ all the airs
From that infernal nonsense Pinafore
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Then I can write a washing bill in (12)__________________ cuneiform
And tell you every 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 (13)________ at sight a Mauser rifle (14)________ a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more wary at
And when I know precisely
What is (15)__________ by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics (16)________ a (17)____________ in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
(Oh, that's a (18)________ 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 brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very (19)__________ of a modern Major-General
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(One (20)________ time?!)
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In fact
When I (21)________ what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (22)________ at sight a Mauser (23)__________ from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more wary at
And when I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I (24)________ learnt
What (25)________________ has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics (26)________ a novice in a nunnery
In short, (27)________ I've a smattering of elemental strategy
You'll say a better Major-General has (28)__________ rode a horse!
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For my military knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has only (29)________ brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General!
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