Lyrics I Am The Very Model! (from 'The Pirates Of Penzance') - George Baker
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,
(bothered
for
a
rhyme)
With
many
cheerful
facts
about
the
square
of
the
hypotenuse.
(With
many
cheerful
facts
about
the
square
of
the
hypotenuse)
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.
(In
short,
in
matters
vegetable,
animal,
and
mineral,
He
is
the
very
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
peculiarities
parabolous;
I
can
tell
undoubted
Raphaels
from
Gerard
Dows
and
Zoffanies,
I
know
the
croaking
from
The
Frogs
of
Aristophanes!
Then
I
can
hum
a
fugue
of
which
I′ve
heard
the
music's
din
afore,
(Bothered
for
arhyme)
And
whistle
all
the
airs
from
that
infernal
nonsense
Pinafore.
(And
whistle
all
the
airs
from
that
infernal
nonsense
Pinafore.)
Then
I
can
write
a
washing
bill
in
Babylonic
cuneiform,
And
tell
you
ev′ry
detail
of
Caractacus's
uniform
In
short,
in
matters
vegetable,
animal,
and
mineral,
I
am
the
very
model
of
a
modern
Major-General.
(In
short,
in
matters
vegetable,
animal,
and
mineral,
He
is
the
very
model
of
a
modern
Major-General.)
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
–
(Bothered
for
a
rhyme)
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.
(In
short,
in
matters
vegetable,
animal,
and
mineral,
He
is
the
very
model
of
a
modern
Major-General.)
1 My Name Is John Welligton Wells (From 'The Sorcerer')
2 I Am The Very Model! (from 'The Pirates Of Penzance')
3 Am I Alone, And Unobserved / If You're Anxious for to Shine (From 'Patience')
4 When I Went to the Bar / Love Unrequited Robs Me of My Rest (From 'Iolanthe')
5 I Know a Youth / My Boy, You Can Take It from Me (From 'Ruddigore')
6 I've Jibe and Joke / Oh! A Private Buffoon (From 'The Yeomen of the Guard')
7 Rising Early in the Morning (From 'The Gondoliers')
8 Ho! Jolly Jenkin (From 'Ivanhoe')
9 Myself When Young (From 'In a Persian Garden')
10 Come Away Death, Op.6 No.1 / O Mistress Mine, Op. 6 No. 2 / Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind, Op. 6 No. 3 (From 'Shakespeare Songs')
11 How Doth the Little Crocodile / Fury Said to a Mouse / 'Tis the Voice of the Lobster / They Told Me You Had Been to Her / You Are Old, Father William / Speak Roughly to Your Little Boy / Will You Walk
12 Isn't It Funny / How Sweet to Be a Cloud / It's Very Very Funny / Cottleston Pie / Lines Written by a Bear / Sing Ho! For the Life of a Bear (From 'The Hums of Pooh')
13 In the Shade of the Palm (From 'Florodora')
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