Thursday, December 24, 2009

I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major-General and I Feel Pretty


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.

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