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 (1)________ the kings of England
And I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical
I'm very well acquainted, too, with 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 (2)____________ of the hypotenuse
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I'm very (3)________ at integral and differential calculus
I (4)________ the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in (5)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
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I know our (6)____________ 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 crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can tell undoubted
Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies
I (7)________ the croaking chorus
From The (8)__________ 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 (9)________ you every detail of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a (10)____________ Major-General
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In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (11)________ at sight a (12)____________ (13)__________ from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more wary at
And (14)________ I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know (15)________ of tactics (16)________ a novice in a nunnery
In short, (17)________ I've a smattering of (18)__________________ strategy
(Oh, that's a hard one, strategy... Got it!)
You'll say a (19)____________ Major-General has (20)__________ sat a-gee
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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 know what is (21)__________ by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And (22)__________________ I'm more (23)________ at
And (24)________ I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I (25)________ learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics (26)________ a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
You'll say a (27)____________ Major-General has never rode a horse!
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm (28)____________ and adventury
Has only been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in (29)______________ 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 (1)________ the kings of England
And I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical
I'm very well acquainted, too, with 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 (2)____________ of the hypotenuse
...
I'm very (3)________ at integral and differential calculus
I (4)________ the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in (5)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
...
I know our (6)____________ 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 crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can tell undoubted
Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies
I (7)________ the croaking chorus
From The (8)__________ 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 (9)________ you every detail of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a (10)____________ Major-General
...
In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (11)________ at sight a (12)____________ (13)__________ from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more wary at
And (14)________ I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know (15)________ of tactics (16)________ a novice in a nunnery
In short, (17)________ I've a smattering of (18)__________________ strategy
(Oh, that's a hard one, strategy... Got it!)
You'll say a (19)____________ Major-General has (20)__________ 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 know what is (21)__________ by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And (22)__________________ I'm more (23)________ at
And (24)________ I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I (25)________ learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics (26)________ a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
You'll say a (27)____________ Major-General has never rode a horse!
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm (28)____________ and adventury
Has only been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in (29)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General!
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Answers:
(1) know(2) square(3) good(4) know(5) matters(6) mythic(7) know(8) Frogs(9) tell(10) modern(11) tell(12) Mauser(13) rifle(14) when(15) more(16) than(17) when(18) elemental(19) better(20) never(21) meant(22) surprises(23) wary(24) when(25) have(26) than(27) better(28) plucky(29) matters