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 (1)____________ historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical
I'm very well acquainted, too, with (2)______________ mathematical
I understand equations, both the (3)____________ and quadratical
About binomial (4)______________ 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 (5)________________ and (6)________________________ calculus
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (7)________ 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 (8)__________ for paradox
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In (9)____________ I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can (10)________ undoubted
Raphaels from Gerard (11)________ and Zoffanies
I know the croaking chorus
From The (12)__________ 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 (13)______________ all the airs
From (14)________ (15)________________ nonsense Pinafore
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Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you every (16)____________ of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (17)________ model of a modern Major-General
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In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (18)________ at (19)__________ a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When (20)________ affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm (21)________ wary at
And when I (22)________ precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in (23)____________ gunnery
When I know more of (24)______________ (25)________ 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 brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a (26)____________ Major-General
...
(One (27)________ time?!)
...
In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a (28)____________ (29)__________ 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 been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very (30)__________ 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 (1)____________ historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical
I'm very well acquainted, too, with (2)______________ mathematical
I understand equations, both the (3)____________ and quadratical
About binomial (4)______________ 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 (5)________________ and (6)________________________ calculus
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (7)________ 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 (8)__________ for paradox
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In (9)____________ I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can (10)________ undoubted
Raphaels from Gerard (11)________ and Zoffanies
I know the croaking chorus
From The (12)__________ 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 (13)______________ all the airs
From (14)________ (15)________________ nonsense Pinafore
...
Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you every (16)____________ of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the (17)________ model of a modern Major-General
...
In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (18)________ at (19)__________ a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When (20)________ affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm (21)________ wary at
And when I (22)________ precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in (23)____________ gunnery
When I know more of (24)______________ (25)________ 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 (26)____________ Major-General
...
(One (27)________ time?!)
...
In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a (28)____________ (29)__________ 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 been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very (30)__________ of a modern Major-General!
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Answers:
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