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H.M.S. Pinafore (03/10/1879 - 05/24/1879)
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
ACT 1
Song List  
We sail the ocean blue  
I'm called little Buttercup (Recitative and Song)  Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman)
The Nightingale sigh'd for the moon's bright ray (Scena)  Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus
A maiden fair to see (Aria)  Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus
I am the Captain of the Pinafore (Recitative, Song, and Chorus)  Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) and Men's Chorus
Sorry her lot  Josephine (the Captain's Daughter)
Over the bright blue sea Comes Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B.  Women's Chorus
We sail the ocean blue (Reprise) Men's Chorus
I am the monarch of the sea  The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty), Hebe (Sir Joseph's First Cousin), Bill Bobstay (Boatswain) and Chorus
When I was a lad  The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty) and Chorus
A British tar is a soaring soul  Ralph Rackstraw, Bill Bobstay (Boatswain) and Bob Beckett
Refrain, audacious tar, your suit from pressing  Josephine (the Captain's Daughter) and Ralph Rackstraw
Can I survive this overbearing? (Finale)  Principals and Chorus
ACT 2
Song List  
Fair moon, to thee I sing!  Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore)
Things are seldom what they seem  Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) and Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore)
The hours creep on apace (Scena)  Josephine (the Captain's Daughter)
Never mind the why or wherefore  Josephine (the Captain's Daughter), Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) and The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty)
The merry maiden and the tar  Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) and Dick Deadeye
Carefully on tiptoe stealing  Dick Deadeye, Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore), Josephine (the Captain's Daughter), Ralph Rackstraw, Hebe (Sir Joseph's First Cousin), The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty) and Men's Chorus
Farewell, my own, Light of my life, farewell!  Ralph Rackstraw, Josephine (the Captain's Daughter), The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty), Hebe (Sir Joseph's First Cousin), Dick Deadeye, Bill Bobstay (Boatswain), Bob Beckett, Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) and Chorus
A many years ago, when I was young and charming (Legend)  Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) and Chorus
Oh joy, oh rapture unforseen (Finale)  Principals and Chorus