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Who casts all thought of rank aside
Who gives up home and fortune too
For the honest love of a sailor true��
For a British tar is a soaring soul
As free as a mountain bird��
His energetic fist should be ready to resist
A dictatorial word��
His foot should stamp and his throat should growl��
His hair should twirl and his face should scowl��
His eyes should flash and his breast protrude��
And this should be his customary attitude��pose��。
GENERAL DANCE
END OF ACT I
ACT II
Same Scene。 Night。 Awning removed。 Moonlight。 CAPTAIN
discovered
singing on poop deck�察�and accompanying himself on a
mandolin。 LITTLE
BUTTERCUP seated on quarterdeck�察�gazing sentimentally at
him。
SONGCAPTAIN
Fair moon�察�to thee I sing��
Bright regent of the heavens��
Say�察�why is everything
Either at sixes or at sevens��
I have lived hitherto
Free from breath of slander��
Beloved by all my crew
A really popular commander。
But now my kindly crew rebel��
My daughter to a tar is partial��
Sir Joseph storms�察�and�察�sad to tell��
He threatens a court martial��
Fair moon�察�to thee I sing��
Bright regent of the heavens��
Say�察�why is everything
Either at sixes or at sevens��
BUT。 How sweetly he carols forth his melody to the
unconscious
moon� �Of whom is he thinking�拭�Of some high´born beauty�拭�It may
be� �Who is
poor Little Buttercup that she should expect his glance to fall
on one so
lowly� �And yet if he knewif he only knew��
CAPT。 ��coming down��。 Ah� �Little Buttercup�察�still on board��
That is
not quite right�察�little one。 It would have been more respectable
to have
gone on shore at dusk。
BUT�察�True�察�dear Captainbut the recollection of your sad
pale
face seemed to chain me to the ship。 I would fain see you smile
before I
go。
CAPT。 Ah� �Little Buttercup�察�I fear it will be long before I
recover my accustomed cheerfulness�察�for misfortunes crowd upon
me�察�and
all my old friends seem to have turned against me��
BUT�察�Oh nodo not say ;all;�察�dear Captain。 That were
unjust to
one�察�at least。
CAPT。 True�察�for you are staunch to me。 ��Aside。�� If ever I
gave my
heart again�察�methinks it would be to such a one as this� 。�Aloud。��
I am
touched to the heart by your innocent regard for me�察�and were we
differently situated�察�I think I could have returned it。 But as it
is�察�I
fear I can never be more to you than a friend。
BUT�察�I understand� �You hold aloof from me because you are
rich and
loftyand I poor and lowly。 But take care� �The poor bumboat
woman has
gipsy blood in her veins�察�and she can read destinies。
CAPT。 Destinies��
BUT。 There is a change in store for you��
CAPT。 A change��
BUT。 Ayebe prepared��
DUETLITTLE BUTTERCUP and CAPTAIN
BUT�察 �Things are seldom what they seem��
Skim milk masquerades as cream��
Highlows pass as patent leathers��
Jackdaws strut in peacock's feathers。
CAPT。 ��puzzled��。 Very true��
So they do。
BUT。 Black sheep dwell in every fold��
All that glitters is not gold��
Storks turn out to be but logs��
Bulls are but inflated frogs。
CAPT。 ��puzzled��。 So they be��
Frequentlee。
BUT。 Drops the wind and stops the mill��
Turbot is ambitious brill��
Gild the farthing if you will��
Yet it is a farthing still。
CAPT。 ��puzzled��。 Yes�察�I know。
That is so。
Though to catch your drift I'm striving��
It is shadyit is shady��
I don't see at what you're driving��
Mystic ladymystic lady。
��Aside。�� Stern conviction's o'er me stealing��
That the mystic lady's dealing
In oracular revealing。
BUT。 ��aside��。Stern conviction's o'er him stealing��
That the mystic lady's dealing
In oracular revealing。
Yes�察�I know
That is so��
CAPT。 Though I'm anything but clever��
I could talk like that for ever��
Once a cat was killed by care��
Only brave deserve the fair。
Very true��
So they do。
CAPT。 Wink is often good as nod��
Spoils the child who spares the rod��
Thirsty lambs run foxy dangers��
Dogs are found in many mangers。
BUT。 Frequentlee��
I agree。
Paw of cat the chestnut snatches��
Worn´out garments show new patches��
Only count the chick that hatches��
Men are grown´up catchy´catchies。
BUT。 Yes�察�I know��
That is so。
��Aside。�� Though to catch my drift he's striving��
I'll dissembleI'll dissemble��
When he sees at what I'm driving��
Let him tremblelet him tremble��
ENSEMBLE
Though a mystic tone �� I �� borrow��
you
You will �� learn the truth with sorrow��
I shall
Here to´day and gone to´morrow��
Yes�察�I know
That is so��
��At the end exit LITTLE BUTTERCUP
melodramatically。
CAPT。 Incomprehensible as her utterances are�察�I nevertheless
feel that
they are dictated by a sincere regard for me。 But to what new
misery is
she referring�拭�Time alone can tell��
Enter SIR JOSEPH
SIR JOSEPH。 Captain Corcoran�察�I am much disappointed with your
daughter。 In fact�察�I don't think she will do。
CAPT。 She won't do�察�Sir Joseph��
SIR JOSEPH。 I'm afraid not。 The fact is�察�that although I have
urged my
suit with as much eloquence as is consistent with an official
utterance��
I have done so hitherto without success。 How do you account for
this��
CAPT。 Really�察�Sir Joseph�察�I hardly know。 Josephine is of course
sensible of your condescension。
SIR JOSEPH。 She naturally would be。
CAPT。 But perhaps your exalted rank dazzles her。
SIR JOSEPH。 You think it does��
CAPT。 I can hardly say�察�but she is a modest girl�察�and her
social
position is far below your own。 It may be that she feels she is
not
worthy of you。
SIR JOSEPH。 That is really a very sensible suggestion�察�and
displays
more knowledge of human nature than I had given you credit for。
CAPT。 See�察�she comes。 If your lordship would kindly reason with
her and
assure her officially that it is a standing rule at the Admiralty
that
love levels all ranks�察�her respect for an official utterance
might induce
her to look upon your offer in its proper light。
SIR JOSEPH。 It is not unlikely。 I will adopt your suggestion。
But soft��
she is here。 Let us withdraw�察�and watch our opportunity。
Enter JOSEPHINE from cabin。 FIRST LORD and CAPTAIN retire
SCENEJOSEPHINE
The hours creep on apace��
My guilty heart is quaking��
Oh�察�that I might retrace
The step that I am taking��
Its folly it were easy to be showing��
What I am giving up and whither going。
On the one hand�察�papa's luxurious home��
Hung with ancestral armour and old brasses��
Carved oak and tapestry from distant Rome��
Rare ;blue and white; Venetian finger´glasses��
Rich oriental rugs�察�luxurious sofa pillows��
And everything that isn't old�察�from Gillow's。
And on the other�察�a dark and dingy room��
In some back street with stuffy children crying��
Where organs yell�察�and clacking housewives fume��
And clothes are hanging out all day a´drying。
With one cracked looking´glass to see your face
in��
And dinner served up in a pudding basin��
A simple sailor�察�lowly born��
Unlettered and unknown��
Who toils for bread from early mom
Till half the night has flown��
No golden rank can he impart
No wealth of house or land
No fortune save his trusty heart
And honest brown right hand��
And yet he is so wondrous fair
That love for one so passing rare��
So peerless in his manly beauty��
Were little else than solemn duty��
Oh�察�god of love�察�and god of reason�察�say��
Which of you twain shall my poor heart obey��
SIR JOSEPH and CAPTAIN enter
SIR JOSEPH。 Madam�察�it has been represented to me that you are
appalled
by my exalted rank。 I desire to convey to you officially my
assurance��
that if your hesitation is attributable to that circumstance�察�it
is
uncalled