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 (1)__________ of England
And I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in (2)__________ categorical
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical
I (3)____________________ 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 (4)________ at (5)________________ and differential calculus
I (6)________ the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
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I know our (7)____________ history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I answer hard acrostics, I've a (8)____________ (9)__________ for paradox
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can tell 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 (10)________ (11)________________ 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 (12)________ 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 from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more (14)________ at
And when I know precisely
What is (15)__________ by "commissariat"
When I (16)________ learnt
What (17)________________ has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a (18)____________ 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 (19)________ 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 (20)________ at sight a Mauser (21)__________ from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more (22)________ at
And when I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I (23)________ learnt
What progress has (24)________ made in modern gunnery
When I know more of (25)______________ than a novice in a nunnery
In short, (26)________ I've a smattering of elemental strategy
You'll say a better Major-General has (27)__________ rode a horse!
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has only been (28)______________ down
To the (29)__________________ 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 (1)__________ of England
And I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in (2)__________ categorical
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical
I (3)____________________ 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 (4)________ at (5)________________ and differential calculus
I (6)________ the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
...
I know our (7)____________ history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I answer hard acrostics, I've a (8)____________ (9)__________ for paradox
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can tell 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 (10)________ (11)________________ 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 (12)________ model of a modern Major-General
...
In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (13)________ at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more (14)________ at
And when I know precisely
What is (15)__________ by "commissariat"
When I (16)________ learnt
What (17)________________ has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a (18)____________ 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 (19)________ 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 (20)________ at sight a Mauser (21)__________ from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more (22)________ at
And when I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I (23)________ learnt
What progress has (24)________ made in modern gunnery
When I know more of (25)______________ than a novice in a nunnery
In short, (26)________ I've a smattering of elemental strategy
You'll say a better Major-General has (27)__________ rode a horse!
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has only been (28)______________ down
To the (29)__________________ 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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