It's the Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera where an old major general sings his "modern" song
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there ... Mr. Gilbert has, in fact, equalled his previous efforts in the drollery of his ... 
papa is a Major-General; and at this point the military hero enters, and a song,... [DOC] [TLE] Basso buffo David Ward : features - buffoward.com [PAR] Jul 5, 2007 ... "I am the very model of a modern Major-General I've information vegetable ...