Major-General's Song by Gilbert And Sullivan
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I am the (1)________ model of a modern Major-General
I've (2)______________________ 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, (3)________ (4)______________ 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 (5)________ at integral and differential calculus
I know the scientific (6)__________ of (7)____________ animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (8)________ model of a modern Major-General
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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 crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor (9)__________________________ parabolous
I can tell undoubted
Raphaels (10)________ (11)____________ (12)________ and Zoffanies
I (13)________ the croaking chorus
From The Frogs of Aristophanes
Then I can hum a fugue
Of (14)__________ I've heard the music's din afore
(Ooh, din afore, din afore... Got it!)
And (15)______________ all the airs
From that infernal (16)________________ Pinafore
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Then I can write a washing (17)________ in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you every detail of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
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In fact
When I know (18)________ is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And (19)__________________ I'm (20)________ wary at
And when I know precisely
What is (21)__________ by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in (22)____________ gunnery
When I know more of (23)______________ (24)________ a novice in a nunnery
In short, (25)________ 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 brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in (26)______________ 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 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 (27)________ been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very (28)__________ of a modern Major-General!
...
I am the (1)________ model of a modern Major-General
I've (2)______________________ 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, (3)________ (4)______________ 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 (5)________ at integral and differential calculus
I know the scientific (6)__________ of (7)____________ animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (8)________ 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 crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor (9)__________________________ parabolous
I can tell undoubted
Raphaels (10)________ (11)____________ (12)________ and Zoffanies
I (13)________ the croaking chorus
From The Frogs of Aristophanes
Then I can hum a fugue
Of (14)__________ I've heard the music's din afore
(Ooh, din afore, din afore... Got it!)
And (15)______________ all the airs
From that infernal (16)________________ Pinafore
...
Then I can write a washing (17)________ in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you every detail of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
...
In fact
When I know (18)________ is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And (19)__________________ I'm (20)________ wary at
And when I know precisely
What is (21)__________ by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in (22)____________ gunnery
When I know more of (23)______________ (24)________ a novice in a nunnery
In short, (25)________ 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 (26)______________ 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 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 (27)________ been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very (28)__________ of a modern Major-General!
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Answers:
(1) very(2) information(3) with(4) matters(5) good(6) names(7) beings(8) very(9) peculiarities(10) from(11) Gerard(12) Dows(13) know(14) which(15) whistle(16) nonsense(17) bill(18) what(19) surprises(20) more(21) meant(22) modern(23) tactics(24) than(25) when(26) matters(27) only(28) model