Chorus: "He's very,very good, and be it understood-he demands a right good crew !!"* Thank you... |
|
Whoa......I got so excited about getting a response that I forgot to start that with,*I'm hardly ever sick at sea !!* Rogers and Hammerstein, I think..... |
|
|
|
But it was easily overtaken by: I am the very model of a modern Major General! I know the Kings of England, and quote the fights historical! From Marathon to Waterloo , in order categorical! I'm very well acquainted too with matters mathematical! I understand equations, both simple and quadratical! About binomial theorom I'm teeming with a lot o' news! With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.! Quite bracing, I think. |
"I'm called little Buttercup, dear little Buttercup Though I could never tell why But still I'm called Buttercup Poor little Buttercup Sweet little Buttercup I! I've snuff and tobaccy..." don't remember the rest of it, ribbons and laces to tie up the faces of pretty young somethings and wives... that was one of the first songs I learned on the piano. But the best Gilbert and Sullivan, imo, is The Mikado, for lyrical brilliance: ... "Is it weakness of intellect, Birdie," I cried, "Or a rather tough worm in your little inside?" With a shake of his poor little head he replied: "Oh willow, tit willow, tit willow." the tunes are real hummable too |
Gilbert and Sullivan Archive what it has to do with math is anyone's guess |
|
And-Yes, Yes! Dear Nelly-the 'Buttercup' song IS from HMS Pinafore.............Very good ! Okay,now, let's ALL sing : *I'm called Little Buttercup, Dear Little Buttercup, though I could never tell why.............* |
And it's greatly to his credit, That he is an Englishman, That he is an Englishman. Just bought the soundtrack. |
No never! What never? Well, hardly ever! |
|