Major-General's Song by Gilbert And Sullivan
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I am the very model 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 (1)________ acquainted, too, with matters mathematical
I (2)____________________ equations, (3)________ the simple and quadratical
About binomial theorem I'm teeming 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 (5)________________ and differential calculus
I know the scientific (6)__________ of beings animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very (7)__________ 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 (8)__________ in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In (9)____________ I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can (10)________ undoubted
Raphaels from Gerard 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 (11)________ infernal (12)________________ Pinafore
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Then I can (13)__________ 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 meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a (14)____________ rifle from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more (15)________ at
And when I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in (16)____________ gunnery
When I (17)________ (18)________ 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 plucky and adventury
Has only been brought down
To the (19)__________________ 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 (20)____________ (21)__________ from a javelin
When such (22)______________ as sorties
And surprises I'm (23)________ 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 than a (26)____________ in a nunnery
In short, when I've a (27)____________________ of elemental strategy
You'll say a better 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 matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General!
...
I am the very model 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 (1)________ acquainted, too, with matters mathematical
I (2)____________________ equations, (3)________ the simple and quadratical
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news
(Hmm, lot of news.... Got it!)
With many (4)________________ facts
About the square of the hypotenuse
...
I'm very good at (5)________________ and differential calculus
I know the scientific (6)__________ of beings animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very (7)__________ 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 (8)__________ in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In (9)____________ I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can (10)________ undoubted
Raphaels from Gerard 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 (11)________ infernal (12)________________ Pinafore
...
Then I can (13)__________ 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 meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a (14)____________ rifle from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more (15)________ at
And when I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in (16)____________ gunnery
When I (17)________ (18)________ 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 plucky and adventury
Has only been brought down
To the (19)__________________ 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 (20)____________ (21)__________ from a javelin
When such (22)______________ as sorties
And surprises I'm (23)________ 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 than a (26)____________ in a nunnery
In short, when I've a (27)____________________ of elemental strategy
You'll say a better 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 matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General!
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Answers:
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