CAPT. For he's 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 humble rank of life! (turning to BUT.) And you, my own, 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 former Captain of the Pinafore. BUT. For he loves Little Buttercup, dear Little Buttercup, Though I could never tell why; But still he loves Buttercup, poor Little Buttercup, Sweet Little Buttercup, aye! ALL. For he loves, etc. SIR JOSEPH. 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! CURTAIN IOLANTHE OR THE PEER AND THE PERI DRAMATIS PERSONAE THE LORD CHANCELLOR EARL OF MOUNTARARAT EARL TOLLOLLER PRIVATE WILLIS (of the Grenadier Guards) STREPHON (an Arcadian Shepherd) QUEEN OF THE FAIRIES IOLANTHE (a Fairy, Strephon's Mother) FAIRIES: CELIA LEILA FLETA PHYLLIS (an Arcadian Shepherdess and Ward of Chancery) ACT I An Arcadian Landscape ACT II Palace Yard, Westminster ACT I SCENE.—An Arcadian Landscape. A river runs around the back of the stage. A rustic bridge crosses the river. Enter Fairies, led by Leila, Celia, and Fleta. They trip around the stage, singing as they dance. CHORUS.