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, (2)________ matters mathematical
I understand 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 integral and differential calculus
I know the scientific names of (3)____________ animalculous
In short, in (4)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model 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 quote in elegiacs all the (5)____________ of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can tell undoubted
Raphaels from Gerard (6)________ and Zoffanies
I (7)________ 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 that infernal nonsense Pinafore
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Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you (8)__________ (9)____________ of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in (10)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (11)________ (12)__________ 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 (13)________ (14)________ at
And when I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I (15)________ learnt
What progress has been (16)________ in modern gunnery
When I know (17)________ of tactics than a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a (18)____________________ of elemental strategy
(Oh, that's a hard one, strategy... Got it!)
You'll say a better Major-General has (19)__________ sat a-gee
...
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
...
(One more time?!)
...
In fact
When I (20)________ what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When such (21)______________ as sorties
And surprises I'm more wary at
And when I (22)________ precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of (23)______________ (24)________ a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
You'll say a better Major-General has (25)__________ (26)________ 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 (27)__________ 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, (2)________ matters mathematical
I understand 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 integral and differential calculus
I know the scientific names of (3)____________ animalculous
In short, in (4)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model 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 quote in elegiacs all the (5)____________ of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can tell undoubted
Raphaels from Gerard (6)________ and Zoffanies
I (7)________ 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 that infernal nonsense Pinafore
...
Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you (8)__________ (9)____________ of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in (10)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (11)________ (12)__________ 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 (13)________ (14)________ at
And when I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I (15)________ learnt
What progress has been (16)________ in modern gunnery
When I know (17)________ of tactics than a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a (18)____________________ of elemental strategy
(Oh, that's a hard one, strategy... Got it!)
You'll say a better Major-General has (19)__________ sat a-gee
...
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
...
(One more time?!)
...
In fact
When I (20)________ what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When such (21)______________ as sorties
And surprises I'm more wary at
And when I (22)________ precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of (23)______________ (24)________ a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
You'll say a better Major-General has (25)__________ (26)________ 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 (27)__________ of a modern Major-General!
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Answers:
(1) well(2) with(3) beings(4) matters(5) crimes(6) Dows(7) know(8) every(9) detail(10) matters(11) very(12) model(13) more(14) wary(15) have(16) made(17) more(18) smattering(19) never(20) know(21) affairs(22) know(23) tactics(24) than(25) never(26) rode(27) model