Modern Major General

Modern Major General is a song written by Gilbert and Sullivan in 1879.

Archibald sings his own rendition of the song.

Lyrics

Archibald: Here we go!

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

Lot of news, let's see...

With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse

Chorus: With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse (3x)

Archibald: Alright, hang on! 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

Chorus: In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral

He is the very model of a modern Major-General

Archibald: Alright, now stay with me...

(sings slowly) 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

Lot of news...

(sings faster) With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse

Chorus: With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse (3x)

Archibald: 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

Chorus: In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral

He is the very model of a modern Major-General

Archibald: Ah, splendid! Lovely! Oh, thank you!

I'm done.

Written By Mike Nawrocki (c) 2001 Bob & Larry Publishing

Trivia

• This song was originally released on Pirates' Boat Load Of Fun (2001), on TV is VeggieTV (2001) & VeggieTown (2002) and then it was produced into a music video for The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment! (2002).