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No. 13."I afl the very model of a modern Mqfrn-Gene,ral'

Solo and Chorus

Major-General, Girls, and Pirates

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2. I trororrytflfis-to-ry,King Ar-thurb andsirCar'a.doct;I'

in - for- ma - tion veg - e -

aa - swerhard a - cros- tics;

aa - i - Drl, .od d[- cr - al:

pret - ty testc ftr llrr - a - dox;ta - blo,Itve a

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know the kings of Eng-land, andgi - acs, alluote, in el - e

Mar- a - thon' to 1\'a - ter - loo,

con-ics I canfloor Pe - cu

un-der-stand e

-qua-tions,both the

know the croar-ing cho-rus from the

quotethe fightshis-tor- i - cal,Fromcrimes of He - lio - gab - a - lus; Inthe

{*, -'" *;u ;"-nJ.int-Ld, doo, with

tell un - doiibt-ed Ra - pha - elS from

der

i-

mat- ters math- e -

Ger - ard Dows and

mat- i - cal,

Zof.-fa - nies

I

I

sim-ple and quad-rat- i - ca!,

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.trog{of. Ar - is - toph- a - nes! Then

boutI bi - iro- mial the - o - rem I'm with alot

mu - sic's dinteem- ingheard the o'news,

a - fore,can hum a fugrle of which IVe



(Rothered lfar neat rhg,ne- sttwc* to'ith an idca- iogfuWg)

with

And

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Witt -ar,-y cheer-ful facts a - bouttho square of- t,he hy - ryt- e - rlrse'

i"i *i,iiire- "ii- ah; il;f'o. t

man- v cheer-ful facts a - bout the sqPate of the ry - fgt- E - qtse'lnt1

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ttlm *::";;lfll 1X" -'qi:?'-" fjl :["",]k]:l: : :ffiH

man- yvihis-tle

cheer-fulalt the

boutthat

a-from

fictsairs

he sqharc bf tte hy - q9t - e - ruse,lYlth

il - i"t - ""tp6-qneg Pin - a ' lorc, Atd

#fi::,L "fii,-,1[:';*"h ffi tr - Hr s, H #'-z:.#XH

Jr"-'y clieer-fulficts a - b'outthe square bf tho

*tii-it" all theairsfromthatin - fer - nalnon

*"*y ch""r-fulfacts a- boutthesquare of the hl- qgt-e-pot+ - truse'

i;ti:-il":;i'iiJilrl-r..ir,ut in - ier - narnon-srise"nipc-i*r.c -rTi,,?



know thetell you

en - tif - ic names of'ry de - tail of Ca -

be-ings an- irac-ta - cus- ts - mal-ctr-lous:l *

u - ni- form:l rn

short, in mat-ters ta -blo, an- i - mal,and

ver-y good at in - te-graland dif-fer-en-tial cal-cu---lus; -I

Icaa *rite,a wash-ing hill in Bab-y - lon-ic an- nei-form, And

Chorus

am the ver- y mod-el of a mod-ern Ma- jor- Gen-er - al'

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veg-e - ta - ble, i -'i - nal, and mio- er - al' He

an - i - trral, and nin- er - al' He

short, in mat-ters

Ma - jor - Gen- cr - al'is the ver - Y

Ma. jor- Gen-er - al'

is the Yer - Y

faow rYtat is meant bY

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,iro"a-e- lon" aod"rav-

e - lia"r Wheo I can tell at siSht



I'm more wa - ry I kaow pre - cise - ly what is

meaot by "com-mis - sa - ri - at", When I have learnt what prog-i'ess has beqg

made in mod-ern gun-ner- y, When I know more of tac-ticsthan a



(Dothercd f,ar o rhgme- sttzcl uith an ddca)

A Vivace

Lt - e - men-tal strat-e-- gY- y6-ritt say a bet-ter Ma-jor-Gen-er-

rode a hoi

bet- ter Ma-ior - Gea- er -

bet- ter Ma- jr - Gen-er -

al has nev- er sat 'a gee, Y say a bet- ter Ua- jor- Gica-cr -

a1 has nev- er sal L [ee, Yodll say a bct-tlr la-ir- Gcn-cr -

al has nov- er sat .a["", vlitt say 7 bet- ter Ma- ior - Gen- er -

to

al has nev- er sat a gee-

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See,You'll say z bet-ter Ma'jor-Gea-er-



al

ilajor

4. Formy

al has neY-er sat a, sat a

mil- i - ta - ry know-ledge, tho' I'm pluck-y and ad - ven-tur- y, Has

on - ly beeabroughtdown to the be - gin-ning of tho cen-tu - ry; But

still, in mat-ters veg- e - ta - ble, an - i - ma1, and min-er - al, I

JO



L n" ver-y mod-el bf a mod-irn Ma-ior-Gen-er-bl'

mat-ters

mat-ters

rs the Yer - Y

is the ver - Y

ble,ta

ta

mal, and

mod-ern Ia -

ood-ern fa-ir- h- er - al'

Enccre - u's' (3j"tssiu''c)-

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