Oh, joy! oh, rapture unforeseen! The clouded sky is now serene; The god of day--the orb of love, Has hung his ensign high above, The sky is all ablaze. With wooing words and loving song, We’ll chase the lagging hours along; {he finds} And if {I find } the maiden coy, We’ll murmur forth decorous joy, In dreamy roundelays. _Capt._ For he is the Captain of the Pinafore. _All._ And a right good captain too! _Capt._ And though before my fall I was Captain of you all, I’m a member of the crew. _All._ Although before his fall, etc. _Capt._ I shall marry with a wife In my own rank of life! (_Turning to BUTTERCUP._) And you, my love, are she. I must wander to and fro, But wherever I may go, I shall never be untrue to thee! _All._ What, never? _Capt._ No, never! _All._ What, _never_? _Capt._ Hardly ever! _All._ Hardly ever be untrue to thee. Then give three cheers, and one cheer more, For the faithful seamen of the Pinafore. _But._ For he loves Little Buttercup, dear Little Buttercup, I’m sure I shall never know why; But still he loves Buttercup, poor Little Buttercup, Sweet Little Buttercup, ay! _All._ For he loves, etc. _Sir J._ I’m the monarch of the sea, And when I’ve married thee (_to HEBE_) I’ll be true to the devotion that my love implants. _Hebe._ Then good-bye to his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts, Especially his cousins, Whom he reckons up by dozens, His sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts! _All._ For he is an Englishman, And he himself hath said it, And it’s greatly to his credit That he is an Englishman! THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE; OR, THE SLAVE OF DUTY. _AN ENTIRELY ORIGINAL COMIC OPERA_, IN TWO ACTS. _First produced at the Opera Comique Theatre, by MR. R. D’OYLY CARTE, on Saturday, 3rd April, 1880._ DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. MAJOR-GENERAL STANLEY MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH. THE PIRATE KING MR. RICHARD TEMPLE. SAMUEL, _his Lieutenant_ MR. GEORGE TEMPLE. FREDERIC, _the Pirate Apprentice_ MR. GEORGE POWER. SERGEANT OF POLICE MR. RUTLAND BARRINGTON. MABEL, _General Stanley’s Daughter_ MISS MARION HOOD. EDITH MISS JESSIE BOND. KATE MISS JULIA GWYNNE. ISABEL MISS M. BARLOW. RUTH, _a Pirate Maid of all Work_ MISS ALICE BARNETT.