I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General - The Pirates of Penzance

It's amazing that this song originated from 1879 and a lot of the songs are still going strong

"Often frequently only once." That' will always be funny.

Hearing the dialogue after the song has inspired me to see the whole thing

I am the very model of a scientist salarian, I've studied species turian, asari, and batarian. I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology) because i am an expert (which i know is a tautology). My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a scientist salarian.

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 of news 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 hypotenuse With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypote-potenuse 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 And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pina-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 You'll say a better Major-General had never sat a gee You'll say a better Major-General had never sat a gee You'll say a better Major-General had never sat a gee You'll say a better Major-General had never sat a 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 But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral He is the very model of a modern Major-General

The most wonderful Gilbert and Sullivan's ever I seen it live on stage in Stratford my school chum Reid Spencer played a role as well Awesome buddy

Just found out this play and this song came out in 12/30/1879!! 134 years old. Sounds late 1940s/early 1950s. Napoleon IV, the last Bonaparte male heir and only child of Nap III was killed in battle 6 months before this song/play came out.

i can sing this whole song memorized

The most brilliant song lyricist of the lot, WS Gilbert?!

Me and my Gramps use to listen to this when he was painting, along with iron maiden too. :)

Ahh childhood haha. I forgot about this song! I got reminded of it because heart of a Dixie

Thank you and now by memory 😊

love this and many others from Gilbert and Sullivan so clever!

2010s kids be like, "Despicable Me 3 brought me here" 4:33 And people think Abbott and Costello invented this trope with their "who's on first" skit.

Also, it is longer, with the last verse ommited by Lehrer in "The Elements".

Who's think a video game about the end of the galaxy with aliens, and billion year old gods would get people into this.

I am the very model of a cartoon individual!  My animation's comical and usual and whimsicle.  I'm quite adept at funny gags, comedic theory I have read.  From wicked puns and stupid jokes to anvils that drop on your head. 

Is it bad that I read all these comments in the tune of the song?

"I'm very good at integral and differential calculus I know the scientific names of beings animalculus, In short in matters vegetable animal and mineral I am the very model of a modern major general." Yay I know almost one verse by memory!

“And whistle all that nonsense from that Pinafore” HA HA wow.. That Gilbert and Sullivan’s other famous play HMS Pinafore..