I Am the Very Model of a Gallifreyan Buccaneer

"I Am the Very Model of a Gallifreyan Buccaneer" was a song of the Sixth Doctor's making that he sang to Sally and Evelyn Smythe. (AUDIO: Doctor Who and the Pirates)

Lyrics

 * I ... am the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer,
 * I've information on all things a Gallifreyan holds most dear.
 * I've linked into the Matrix through its exitronic circuitry,
 * I understand dimensional and relative chronometry.


 * I'm very well acquainted too with matters of the Capitol,
 * I'll give you verse and chapter on panopticonian protocol.
 * I've been into the Death Zone and I've played the Game of Rassilon,
 * Rassilon? Assilon? Bassilon? Aha!
 * with pestilential monsters that I got a lot of hassle from.


 * With pestilential monsters that he got a lot of hassle from!
 * With pestilential monsters that he got a lot of hassle from!
 * With pestilential monsters that he got a lot of hassle-assle from!


 * I understand each language and I speak every vernacular,
 * I'll conjugate each verb obscure, decline each line irregular.
 * In short in every matter that a Gallifreyan holds most dear I am the very model of a Gallifreyan Buccaneer!


 * In short in every matter that a Gallifreyan holds most dear he is the very model of a Gallifreyan Buccaneer!


 * I've tackled shady Castellans with devious behaviour,
 * I've sparred with Time Lord chancellors like Thalia, Goth, or Flavia.
 * In fact on some occasions I've held office presidentially,
 * though maybe I won't mention I was ousted out eventually.


 * I know just how it feels to be a wanted man and on the run,
 * but wouldn't leave the carefree buccaneering life for anyone.
 * Though sometimes my adventures seem absurdly operatical,
 * Operatical? Hatical? Patical? Aha!
 * With ups and downs and twists and turns and incidents piratical.


 * With ups and downs and twists and turns and incidents piratical!
 * With ups and downs and twists and turns and incidents piratical!
 * With ups and downs and twists and turns and incidents pirati-ratical!


 * I've sailed the seven seas of Earth and all the oceans of the Moon,
 * My trusty true Type 40 is my Gallifreyan picaroon.
 * But is this really what the average Gallifreyan holds most dear?
 * I wonder what they think about this Gallifreyan Buccaneer.


 * But is this really what the average Gallifreyan holds most dear? We wonder what they think about this Gallifreyan Buccaneer.


 * But...
 * I've defeated evil robots such as Daleks, Quarks and Cybermen.
 * I've overthrown dictators from Tobias Vaughn to Mavic Chen.
 * I've rescued helpless maidens from the devastating Viking hordes.
 * Vanquished Autons, Axons, Dæmons, Krotons, Monoids, Vampires, Voords.


 * I've liberated planets and delivered them from total war,
 * saved Earth, Manussa, Dulkis, Skonnos, Earth, Tigella, Earth once more.
 * In short I know I am the truest Rassilonian legate.
 * Legate? Decate? Hecate? Hecate? Hmm, not sure if that's canonical. Aha, I have it!
 * And so to Time Lords all I say remember me to Gallifrey.


 * A sentiment we all agree remember him to Gallifrey!
 * A sentiment we all agree remember him to Gallifrey!
 * A sentiment we all agree remember him to Galli-allifrey!


 * I'm not content to just observe - I am a bold adventurer,
 * though other Time Lords mock this Gallifreyan interventioner.
 * I know in every matter that a Time Lord really should hold dear I am the very model of a Gallifreyan Buccaneer!


 * We know in every matter that a Time Lord really should hold dear he is the very model of a Gallifreyan Buccaneer!

Behind the scenes
"I Am the Very Model of a Gallifreyan Buccaneer" is an adaptation of the song "The Modern Major General" from The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan.