The Modern Major General Song

Here goes.

The Lyrics

I am the very model of a Modern Major General.
I've information vegetable animal and mineral.
I quote the Kings of England, and I know 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 o' news, (bothered for a rhyme)
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.

Fun Facts

  1. Sir William Schwenk Gilbert was born on November 18 1836
  2. Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan was born on May 13 1842
  3. He originally trained to be a lawyer.

For More Information:

The Gilibert Sullivan Society