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 feel pretty,
Oh, so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and bright!
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me tonight.
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical
I feel charming,
Oh, so charming
It's alarming how charming I feel!
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse
And so pretty
That I hardly can believe I'm real.
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypoten-potenuse.
See the pretty girl in that mirror there:
Who can that attractive girl be?
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.
Such a pretty face,
Such a pretty dress,
Such a pretty smile,
Such a pretty me!
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
He is the very model of a modern Major-General.