_Pir._ Ha! Ha! Ha! ha! ha! ha! Ha! ha! ha! ha! ENSEMBLE. (Pirates _pass in (Ladies _pass in front of_ Ladies.) front of_ Pirates.) PIRATES. LADIES. Here’s a first-rate opportunity We have missed our opportunity To get married with impunity, Of escaping with impunity; And indulge in the felicity So farewell to the felicity Of unbounded domesticity. Of our maiden domesticity. You shall quickly be parsonified, We shall quickly be parsonified, Conjugally matrimonified Conjugally matrimonified By a doctor of divinity, By a doctor of divinity, Who is located in this vicinity. Who is located in this vicinity. RECITATIVE.--MABEL (_coming forward_). How, monsters! Ere your pirate caravanserai Proceed, against our will, to wed us all, Just bear in mind that we are wards in Chancery, And father is a major-general! _Sam._ (_cowed_). We’d better pause, or danger may befall; Their father is a major-general. _Ladies._ Yes, yes; he is a major-general. _The MAJOR-GENERAL has entered unnoticed on rock._ _Gen._ Yes, I am a major-general. _All._ You are! Hurrah for the Major-General! _Gen._ And it is a glorious thing To be a major-general. _All._ It is! Hurrah for the Major-General! SONG.--MAJOR-GENERAL. I am the very pattern of a modern major-gineral, I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral; I know the kings of England, and I quote 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 next rhyme._) --Lot o’ news--lot o’ news--(_struck with an idea_) With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. (_Joyously._) With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. _All._ With many cheerful facts, etc. _Gen._ I’m very good at integral and differential calculus; I know the scientific names of beings animalculous. In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, I am the very model of a modern major-gineral. _All._ In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, He is the very model of a modern major-gineral.