from, 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 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--
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
ALL: With many cheerful facts, etc...
GEN: I'm very good at integral 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.
ALL: In short in matters vegetable, animal and mineral,
He is the very model of a modern Major-General...
- W.S. Gilbert