Lyran Social General
Source: Modern Major General by Gilbert and Sullivan
I am the very model of a Lyran Social General
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral
I know the dukes of Tamar, and I quote the fights
historical
From Hesperus to Hesperus, in order categorical
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters
Economical
I understand mech building, both the battle and industrial
About Defiance output I'm teeming with a lot o' news
With many cheerful facts about the manufacture of the
Zeus
With many cheerful facts about the manufacture of the Zeus
With many cheerful facts about the manufacture of the Zeus
With many cheerful facts about the manufacture of the of the Zeus
I'm very good at defusing political animus
I know the hierarchy of all the nobles close to us
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a Lyran Social General
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
He is the very model of a Lyran Social General
I know our mythic history, the Marsdens and their mental rots
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for
paradox
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Vicious Claudius
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and
Zoffanies
I know the croaking chorus from the Frogs of
Aristophanes
Then I can mumble praise to Blake to the visiting Precentor
And chant all the fight songs from that infernal Skye-pit Sanglamore
And chant all the fight songs from that infernal Skye-pit Sanglamore
And chant all the fight songs from that infernal Skye-pit Sanglamore
And chant all the fight songs from that infernal Skye-pit Sanglasanglamore
Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you ev'ry detail of Kerensky's first dress uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a Lyran Social General
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
He is the very model of a Lyran Social General
In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and
"ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Combine Charger from a Javelin
When such affairs as sorties and combat drops 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
KF jump theory
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 Social General had never sat a gee
You'll say a better Social General had never sat a gee
You'll say a better Social General had never sat a gee
You'll say a better Social General had never sat a sat a
gee
For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventuresome
Has only been brought down to the turn of the
Millenium
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a Lyran Social General
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
He is the very model of a Lyran Social General
Original music: Farewell tae The Creeks by Hamish Henderson
Original filk: Green Hills of Harmony by Al Frank
Filk of the Filk: Don't Ask by Frank Hayes
Which eventually led to this:
The bidding is done and they march us away.
There's a battle to fight, and we join in the fray.
God, it is hell when you know this could be your last day ~
But it's better than training a sibko.(alt: better than fighting Kai Allard)
So March, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, we'll fight every day,
And it's fare-thee-well all vestige of modesty ~
All of the Clanners are singing.
Well some want a bloodname, some lust for the thrill,
But the truth is we Clanners are mentally ill.
We'll fight in our mechs what our hands can not kill ~
God, it's hell to encounter a Warship.(alt: hell to encounter Kai Allard)
So March, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, we'll fight every day,
And it's fare-thee-well all vestige of harmony ~
All of the Clanners are drinking.
We Clanners have honor, we always fight fair,
Except when we're losing and then we don't care.
For defeat is disgrace that we never could bear ~
And we only can breed when we're winning.(alt: and we only can beat Kai by cheating)
So March, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, we'll fight every day,
And it's fare-thee-well all vestige of honesty ~
All of the Clanners are cheating.
And when the battle is over, and the fighting is done,
If three of us made it we figure we've won.
'Cause we count the survivors, and count them by one
Two-um-one two-um... Many!(alt: one two-Stravag it's Kai Allard!)
So March, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, we'll fight every day,
And it's fare-thee-well all vestige of comedy ~
All of the Clanners are counting.
