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With historic photograhs of productions by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
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Complete sets of the MIDI files and the Karaoke files can be downloaded as single Zip files:
- MIDI files [97 KB]
- Karaoke files [132 KB]
| OVERTURE |
ACT I
| No. 1 | Opening Chorus | "We sail the ocean blue" |
| No. 2 | Recit. & Song (Little Buttercup) | "Hail, men-o'-wars-men... I'm called Little Buttercup" |
| Dialogue | ||
| Nos. 2a & 3 |
Recit., Scena & Ballad (Buttercup & Boatswain; Ralph & Chorus) |
"But tell me, who's the youth... The nightingale... A maiden fair to see" |
| Dialogue | ||
| No. 4 | Recit. & Song (Captain & Chorus) | "My gallant crew, good morning!... I am the captain of the Pinafore" |
| No. 4a | Recit. (Buttercup & Captain) | "Sir, you are sad" |
| No.5 | Song (Josephine) | "Sorry her lot who loves to well" |
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| Nos. 6 & 7 |
Barcarolle Chorus of Sailors |
"Over the bright blue sea... Sir Joseph's Barge is seen" |
| No. 8 | Entrance of Sir Joseph | "Now give three cheers" |
| No. 9 | Song (Sir Joseph & Chorus) | "When I was a lad" |
| Dialogue | ||
| No. 9a | Exit for Ladies | "For I hold that on the seas" |
| Dialogue | ||
| No. 10 | Trio & Chorus (Ralph, Boatswain's Mate & Carpenter's Mate) | "A British tar is a soaring soul" |
| Dialogue | ||
| No. 11 | Duet (Josephine & Ralph) | "Refrain, audacious tar" |
| No. 12 | Finale Act I | "Can I survive this overbearing" |
| ENTR'ACTE |
ACT II
| No. 13 | Song (Captain) | "Fair moon, to thee I sing" |
| Dialogue | ||
| No. 14 | Duet (Buttercup & Captain) | "Things are seldom what they seem" |
| Dialogue | ||
| No. 15 | Scena (Josephine) | "The hours creep on apace" |
| Dialogue | ||
| No. 16 | Trio (Josephine, Captain & Sir Joseph) | "Never mind the why and wherefore" |
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| No. 17 | Duet (Captain & Dick Deadeye) | "Kind captain, I've important information" |
| No. 18 | Soli & Chorus | "Carefully on tiptoe stealing" |
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| No. 19 | Octette | "Farewell, my own" |
| No. 20 | Recit. (Sir Joseph, Buttercup & Chorus) Legend (Buttercup & Chorus) |
"My pain and my distress... |
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| No. 21 | Finale | "Oh joy, oh rapture unforseen!" |
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