Mutant Manta Ray's Song



In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe issue #24's backup story, Life at Sea, imagines a fictional life of himself and his friends living as pirates as sea, including a version of  who is the captain of a pirate ship. Captain Ray is introduced singing the Mutant Manta Ray's Song, which is a parody of the from The Pirates of Penzance, a musical comedy written in the 19th century by Gilbert and Sullivan.

Lyrics

 * I am the very model of a modern mutant ...
 * I sail the seas with my pal nearly every single day...

Ray is interrupted before he can continue the song.

Trivia

 * The song was not given an official title. The title used here, "Mutant Manta Ray's Song" is analogous to "Major-General's Song," whose original first verse is:
 * I am the very model of a modern major-general.