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H.M.S. Pinafore (10/17/1949 - 10/22/1949)
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
H.M.S. Pinafore
ACT 1
Song List Sung By
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 Sung By
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
Trial by Jury
ACT 3
Song List Sung By
Hark, the hour of ten is sounding  Chorus
When first my old, old love I knew  The Defendant
All hail great judge  Chorus
When, I good friends, was called to the bar  The Learned Judge
Swear thou the jury (Recitative)  Counsel for the Plaintiff and Usher
Where is the plaintiff? (Recitative)  Counsel for the Plaintiff and Usher
Comes the broken flower  Bridesmaids
O'er the season vernal  Plaintiff
Oh, never, never, never  The Learned Judge
May it please you, my lud (Recitative and aria)  Counsel for the Plaintiff and All
That she is reeling  The Learned Judge, Foreman of the Jury, Plaintiff and All
Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray  The Defendant and Bridesmaids
A nice dilemma we have here  The Learned Judge, Counsel for the Plaintiff, The Defendant and Plaintiff
I love him-I love him  Plaintiff and The Defendant
The question, gentlemen (Recitative)  The Learned Judge, Counsel for the Plaintiff and All
Oh, joy unbounded (Finale)  All