H.M.S. Pinafore

H.M.S. Pinafore

Song Information Singers: Nancy Cartwright Kelsey Grammer Characters: Bart Simpson Sideshow Bob Length: 1:53 Writer(s): W.S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Album: Go Simpsonic with the Simpsons Appearance(s): "Cape Feare"

H.M.S. Pinafore is a comic operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.

History

Bart asks Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer) as a "last request" to perform the entire operetta to stall him before they get to Springfield on a boat.

Lyrics

Sideshow Bob:

Well, Bart, any last requests?

Bart:

Well, there is one, but...Nah.

Sideshow Bob:

No, go on.

Bart:

Well, you have such a beautiful voice.

Sideshow Bob:

Guilty as charged.

Bart:

Uh-huh. I was wondering if you sing the entire score of the H.M.S. Pinafore.

Sideshow Bob:

Very well, Bart. I shall send you to Heaven before I send you to Hell!

We Sail the Ocean Blue

And a two and a three and

We sail the ocean blue,

And our saucy ship's a beauty;

We're sober men and true,

And attentive to our duty.

I'm Called Little Buttercup

I'm called Little Buttercup — poor Little Buttercup,

Though I could never tell why,...

I am the Captain of the Pinafore

What, never?

No, never!

What, never?

Sideshow Bob & Bart:

Harldy ever!

He's hardly ever sick at sea!

He Is an Englishman

Sideshow Bob:

For he himself has said it,

And it's clearly* to his credit,

That he is an Englishman!

He remains an Englishman!

Behind the Laughter

It is the thirtieth track on the album Go Simpsonic with the Simpsons. The version is arranged and adapted by Alf Clausen.

* The lyric is actaully "greatly to his credit"

Appearances

• Episode – "Cape Feare"