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 understand equations, both the simple and quadratical
About binomial theorem I'm (2)______________ with a lot o' news
(Hmm, lot of news.... Got it!)
With (3)________ cheerful facts
About the square of the hypotenuse
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I'm (4)________ good at integral and differential calculus
I know the scientific names of (5)____________ animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a (6)____________ Major-General
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I know our mythic history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I (7)____________ hard acrostics, I've a pretty (8)__________ 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 (9)________ 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 (10)______________ all the airs
From that (11)________________ nonsense Pinafore
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Then I can write a washing bill in (12)__________________ cuneiform
And tell you every (13)____________ of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very (14)__________ of a (15)____________ Major-General
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In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (16)________ at sight a Mauser rifle (17)________ a javelin
When such (18)______________ as sorties
And surprises I'm (19)________ wary at
And when I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What (20)________________ has been made in modern gunnery
When I know (21)________ 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 (22)______________ down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a (23)____________ Major-General
...
(One more time?!)
...
In fact
When I (24)________ 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 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 better Major-General has never rode a horse!
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has only (25)________ (26)______________ down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (27)________ (28)__________ of a (29)____________ 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 understand equations, both the simple and quadratical
About binomial theorem I'm (2)______________ with a lot o' news
(Hmm, lot of news.... Got it!)
With (3)________ cheerful facts
About the square of the hypotenuse
...
I'm (4)________ good at integral and differential calculus
I know the scientific names of (5)____________ animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a (6)____________ Major-General
...
I know our mythic history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I (7)____________ hard acrostics, I've a pretty (8)__________ 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 (9)________ 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 (10)______________ all the airs
From that (11)________________ nonsense Pinafore
...
Then I can write a washing bill in (12)__________________ cuneiform
And tell you every (13)____________ of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very (14)__________ of a (15)____________ Major-General
...
In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (16)________ at sight a Mauser rifle (17)________ a javelin
When such (18)______________ as sorties
And surprises I'm (19)________ wary at
And when I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What (20)________________ has been made in modern gunnery
When I know (21)________ 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 (22)______________ down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a (23)____________ Major-General
...
(One more time?!)
...
In fact
When I (24)________ 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 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 better Major-General has never rode a horse!
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has only (25)________ (26)______________ down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (27)________ (28)__________ of a (29)____________ Major-General!
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Answers:
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