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 (3)________ well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical
I understand equations, both the (4)____________ and quadratical
About binomial (5)______________ I'm teeming (6)________ a lot o' news
(Hmm, lot of news.... Got it!)
With many cheerful facts
About the (7)____________ 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 (8)________ (9)__________ 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 (10)____________ (11)__________ for paradox
I quote in (12)________________ all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can (13)________ undoubted
Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies
I (14)________ the (15)________________ chorus
From The (16)__________ 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 write a washing bill in Babylonic 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 (17)__________ by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When (18)________ affairs as sorties
And (19)__________________ I'm more wary at
And when I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has (20)________ made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a (21)____________ in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of (22)__________________ 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 (23)____________ 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 tell at sight a Mauser (24)__________ from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm (25)________ wary at
And (26)________ I know 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 novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
You'll say a (27)____________ Major-General has (28)__________ rode a horse!
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has only been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in (29)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (30)________ model of a modern Major-General!
...
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 (3)________ well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical
I understand equations, both the (4)____________ and quadratical
About binomial (5)______________ I'm teeming (6)________ a lot o' news
(Hmm, lot of news.... Got it!)
With many cheerful facts
About the (7)____________ of the hypotenuse
...
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 (8)________ (9)__________ of a modern Major-General
...
I know our mythic history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I answer hard acrostics, I've a (10)____________ (11)__________ for paradox
I quote in (12)________________ all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can (13)________ undoubted
Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies
I (14)________ the (15)________________ chorus
From The (16)__________ 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 write a washing bill in Babylonic 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
...
In fact
When I know what is (17)__________ by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When (18)________ affairs as sorties
And (19)__________________ I'm more wary at
And when I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has (20)________ made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a (21)____________ in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of (22)__________________ 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 (23)____________ 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 tell at sight a Mauser (24)__________ from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm (25)________ wary at
And (26)________ I know 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 novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
You'll say a (27)____________ Major-General has (28)__________ rode a horse!
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has only been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in (29)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (30)________ model of a modern Major-General!
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Answers:
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