Best Patter Songs — Page 2

I think nothing beats Modern Major General in Pirates of Penzance. And is the Captain's (from Pinafore) song patter - does the speed really progress?

My legendary mediocre performance of Modern Major Genersl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEbLo_y-xDg
And my much better rendition of another patter section minutes later (the patter begins at 2:10):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xzckD63tSw

I miss "Costco" from NEXT TO NORMAL; it was a really good patter song. But the show ultimately works better without it.

Modern Major General is a great one and as cheesy as the film is I get a kick out of the lyric changes from The Pirate Movie.

Modern Major General
I am the very model of a modern Major-general,
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral.
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical,
From Marathon to Waterloo and in order categorical.
I'm very well acquainted with matters mathematical,
I understand equations both the simple and quadratical.
About binomial theorem I am teeming with a lot of news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
(With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.)
I am very good at intrical and differential calculus,
I know the scientific names of beings animalculus.
In short in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern major general.
(In short in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
He is the very model of a modern major general.)

I comprehend contemporary culture North American.
I straighten more piratical erections than Bo Derek and,
I'm in to EST and all the rest, I've undergone analysis,
I've jumped beyond the gravitude to permanent paralysis.
My muse is into music, but my credit I'll not trouble you,
From R&B to S&M, cross over C&W,
To groovin' with the Doobies in my Malibu white-souling tones.
Man, I'm older than the Beatles, but I'm younger than the Rolling Stones.
(He's older than the Beatles, but younger than the Rolling Stones.)
My military knowledge for I'm plucky and adventury.
Embraces M*A*S*H and Star Wars and the 22nd century.
In short in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern major general.
(In short in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
He is the very model of a modern major general.)
Pirate Movie Lyrics

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SHow you a Thing or Two from Bat Boy?

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Museum Song - Barnum
Rock Island - The Music Man
Ya Got Trouble - The Music Man
Chrysanthemum Tea - Pacific Overtures

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I can't believe no one has said "The Miller's Son," which is probably my favorite.

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