Major-General's Song by Gilbert And Sullivan
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I am the very model of a modern Major-General
I've (1)______________________ 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 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 square of the hypotenuse
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I'm very good at (2)________________ and differential calculus
I know 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 (3)____________ history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty (4)__________ for paradox
I quote in (5)________________ all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can (6)__________ peculiarities parabolous
I can (7)________ undoubted
Raphaels (8)________ 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 that infernal 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 (9)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
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In fact
When I know (10)________ is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (11)________ 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 (12)________ 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
(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 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 (13)________ is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Mauser (14)__________ from a javelin
When such (15)______________ as sorties
And surprises I'm more (16)________ at
And (17)________ I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has (18)________ made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery
In short, (19)________ I've a (20)____________________ of elemental strategy
You'll say a (21)____________ Major-General has never rode a horse!
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For my (22)________________ knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has (23)________ 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 (1)______________________ 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 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 square of the hypotenuse
...
I'm very good at (2)________________ and differential calculus
I know 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 (3)____________ history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty (4)__________ for paradox
I quote in (5)________________ all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can (6)__________ peculiarities parabolous
I can (7)________ undoubted
Raphaels (8)________ 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 that infernal nonsense Pinafore
...
Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you every detail of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in (9)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
...
In fact
When I know (10)________ is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (11)________ 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 (12)________ 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
(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 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 (13)________ is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Mauser (14)__________ from a javelin
When such (15)______________ as sorties
And surprises I'm more (16)________ at
And (17)________ I know precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has (18)________ made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery
In short, (19)________ I've a (20)____________________ of elemental strategy
You'll say a (21)____________ Major-General has never rode a horse!
...
For my (22)________________ knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has (23)________ 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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