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 (2)__________ the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical
I'm very well acquainted, too, (3)________ matters mathematical
I (4)____________________ equations, both the simple and quadratical
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news
(Hmm, lot of news.... Got it!)
With many cheerful facts
About the square of the hypotenuse
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I'm very good at (5)________________ and differential calculus
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a (6)____________ Major-General
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I (7)________ our mythic history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I answer hard acrostics, I've a (8)____________ taste for paradox
I (9)__________ in elegiacs all the (10)____________ of Heliogabalus
In (11)____________ I can (12)__________ peculiarities parabolous
I can tell undoubted
Raphaels (13)________ Gerard (14)________ and Zoffanies
I know the croaking chorus
From The Frogs of Aristophanes
Then I can hum a fugue
Of (15)__________ 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 write a (16)______________ bill in (17)__________________ cuneiform
And tell you (18)__________ 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 rifle 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 have learnt
What progress has been made in (19)____________ gunnery
When I know (20)________ of tactics than a novice 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 (21)____________ 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 model of a modern Major-General
...
(One more time?!)
...
In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (22)________ at sight a Mauser rifle 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 have learnt
What progress has (23)________ made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of (24)__________________ strategy
You'll say a better Major-General has never rode a horse!
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has (25)________ been (26)______________ down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a (27)____________ Major-General!
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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 (2)__________ the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical
I'm very well acquainted, too, (3)________ matters mathematical
I (4)____________________ equations, both the simple and quadratical
About binomial theorem 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 (5)________________ and differential calculus
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a (6)____________ Major-General
...
I (7)________ our mythic history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I answer hard acrostics, I've a (8)____________ taste for paradox
I (9)__________ in elegiacs all the (10)____________ of Heliogabalus
In (11)____________ I can (12)__________ peculiarities parabolous
I can tell undoubted
Raphaels (13)________ Gerard (14)________ and Zoffanies
I know the croaking chorus
From The Frogs of Aristophanes
Then I can hum a fugue
Of (15)__________ 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 write a (16)______________ bill in (17)__________________ cuneiform
And tell you (18)__________ 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 rifle 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 have learnt
What progress has been made in (19)____________ gunnery
When I know (20)________ of tactics than a novice 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 (21)____________ 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 model of a modern Major-General
...
(One more time?!)
...
In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (22)________ at sight a Mauser rifle 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 have learnt
What progress has (23)________ made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of (24)__________________ strategy
You'll say a better Major-General has never rode a horse!
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has (25)________ been (26)______________ down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a (27)____________ Major-General!
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Answers:
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