I Am the Very Model - SCP Foundation

I am the very model of an explorer and gentleman

I've hunted cryptids airborne, terrestrial, and aquarian

I know the laws of science are quite rigid and inflexible

Except, of course, for thaumaturgy, which makes me quite vexable

I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters scientifical

Of physics and of chemistry, both simple and atomical

I've mastered all the studies of phlogiston and aetherius

I claim this in no jest, for you will find I am quite serious

I'm very good at rhetoric and disputations logical

I'm learned in our politics and matters sociological

In short, with cryptids airborne, terrestrial, and aquarian

I am the very model of an explorer and gentleman

I know of secret histories both eldritch and mythical

I've trod the paths of ancient cities Martian and Atlantical

I've faced the ghosts of fallen lords Arthurian and Indian

And fallen off Mt. Everest to turn back and begin again

I can tell authentic poltergeists from frauds and forgeries

I know the differences between bewitchments and sorceries

I hum while sleeping melodies and symphonies quite magical

And dream of terrors bordering upon ecclesiastical

I can write a peace treaty in lost tongues of an elder race

And tell you every detail of the planets found in outer space

In short, with cryptids airborne, terrestrial, and aquarian

I am the very model of an explorer and gentleman

I can tell at sight a wyvern from a wyrm or para-drake

And discern thirty-six types of real vampires from spoofs and fakes

I've studied bones and fossils angelic and dinosaurical

And resurrected horrors divine, mundane, and demonical

I've learned of progress made mechanical and scientifically

Although only up 'til the turn of the twentieth century

But no one can deny the grace of our queen most Victorial

Whose reign around the world is both glorious and eternial

There's some who say my form has been reduced to that of sluggery

(Were I not a Christian, I'd accuse them all of buggery)

But still, with cryptids airborne, terrestrial, and aquarian

I am the very model of an explorer and gentleman!

Memo from Dr. Samesh: The above lyrics were found handwritten in a document filed among the personal effects of SCP-1867 in his country estate, dated 4/18/1880. The document was filed along with a letter to SCP-1867 signed by composer W.S. Gilbert, dated 10/17/1882, thanking him for his "lyrical tribute" and inviting him to attend the upcoming premiere of the comic opera Iolanthe.

The text of the final verse, which appears to refer to SCP-1867's current physical status, has been written in different handwriting than the remainder of the text, in the margin at the bottom of the page, underneath a verse which has been scribbled over to the point of illegibility. Graphological analysis has confirmed that the handwriting of this later addition matches that of SCP-662-1 ("Mr. Deeds"). In Interview 662-207, Mr. Deeds refused to confirm or deny whether he had altered the original document, citing his previous employers' privacy.