Major General Song Lyrics

Major General Song Lyrics. Major General Song In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin", When I can tell at sight a chassep''t 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. 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.

It's an incredibly difficult song to sing - not because it demands an extraordinary vocal range , but because of the tongue-twisting nature of its hilarious lyrics. 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

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You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a-gee 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

"Modern Illustration and Lyrics" Poster for Sale by WayneBrant Redbubble. 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. It's an incredibly difficult song to sing - not because it demands an extraordinary vocal range , but because of the tongue-twisting nature of its hilarious lyrics.

Sullivan I am the Very Model of a Modern sheet music for Cello. The "Modern-Major General", a satire of the ideal modern British army officer, is sung by the Major-General when he first appears near the end of the opera's first act ALL: You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee