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+ | "'''I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General'''" is a satirical song from the operetta ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'' by [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]. It depicts a military leader, a [[major general]] who is well-educated in every field except the ones that a military leader ought to be knowledgeable about. |
| − | In [[2368]], [[Beverly Crusher]] convinced [[Lieutenant Commander|Lt. Commander]] [[Geordi La Forge]] to attempt the Major-General's song. |
+ | In [[2368]], [[Beverly Crusher]] convinced [[Lieutenant Commander|Lt. Commander]] [[Geordi La Forge]] to attempt the Major-General's song. However, La Forge's rendition was interrupted when the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} collided with a [[quantum filament]]. ({{TNG|Disaster}}) |
| + | The first verse of the song began as follows: |
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| − | In the Babylon 5 episode "Atonement", Marcus Cole (played by Jason Carter) sung that song in the ending credits. |
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| − | :''Beverly may have thought that Geordi was a good candidate to play this role because of his frequently demonstrated ability to spout polysyllabic technical terms convincingly. (See lyrics below.)'' |
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| + | * {{wikipedia-quote|Major-General's Song}} |
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| − | '' '''Major-General:''' ''<br> |
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| − | ''I know the kings of [[England]], and I quote the fights historical''<br> |
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| − | ''From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;''<br> |
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| − | ''I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,''<br> |
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| − | ''I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,''<br> |
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| − | ''About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news,''<br> |
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| − | ''With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.''<br> |
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| − | '' '''Chorus:'''''<br> |
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| − | ''With many cheerful facts, etc.''<br> |
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| − | '' '''Major-General:''' ''<br> |
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| − | ''I'm very good at integral and differential calculus;''<br> |
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| − | ''I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:''<br> |
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| − | ''In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,''<br> |
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| − | '' '''Chorus:''' ''<br> |
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| − | ''In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,''<br> |
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| − | ''He is the very model of a modern Major-General.''<br> |
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| − | '' '''Major-General:''' ''<br> |
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| − | ''I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's;''<br> |
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| − | ''I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox,''<br> |
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| − | ''I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,''<br> |
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| − | ''In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous;''<br> |
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| − | ''I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies,''<br> |
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| − | ''I know the croaking chorus from the '''Frogs''' of Aristophanes!''<br> |
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| − | ''Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore,''<br> |
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| − | ''And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense [[HMS Pinafore|'''Pinafore''']].''<br> |
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| − | '' '''Chorus:''' ''<br> |
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| − | ''And whistle all the airs, etc.''<br> |
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| − | '' '''Major-General:''' ''<br> |
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| − | ''Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform,''<br> |
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| − | ''And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus's [[uniform]]:''<br> |
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| − | ''In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,''<br> |
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| − | ''I am the very model of a modern Major-General.''<br> |
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| − | '' '''Chorus:''' ''<br> |
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| − | ''In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,'' <br> |
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| − | ''He is the very model of a modern Major-General.'' <br> |
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| − | ''In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin",''<br> |
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| − | ''When I can tell at sight a Mauser [[rifle]] from a javelin,''<br> |
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| − | ''When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at,''<br> |
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| − | ''And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat",''<br> |
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| − | ''When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,''<br> |
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| − | ''When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery—''<br> |
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| − | ''In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy,''<br> |
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| − | ''You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee.''<br> |
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| − | '' '''Chorus:''' ''<br> |
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| − | ''You'll say a better Major-General, etc.''<br> |
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| − | '' '''Major-General:''' ''<br> |
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| − | ''For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury,''<br> |
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| − | ''Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;''<br> |
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| − | ''But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,''<br> |
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| − | ''I am the very model of a modern Major-General.''<br> |
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| − | '' '''Chorus:''' ''<br> |
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| − | ''But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,''<br> |
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| − | ''He is the very model of a modern Major-General.''<br> |
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Revision as of 05:34, 4 April 2016
"I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" is a satirical song from the operetta The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan. It depicts a military leader, a major general who is well-educated in every field except the ones that a military leader ought to be knowledgeable about.
In 2368, Beverly Crusher convinced Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge to attempt the Major-General's song. However, La Forge's rendition was interrupted when the USS Enterprise-D collided with a quantum filament. (TNG: "Disaster")
The first verse of the song began as follows:
I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral,