from Act I of the English opera
H.M.S. Pinafore by Arthur Sullivan
Libretto: W.S. Gilbert
Role: Little Buttercup, a bumboat woman in love with Captain Corcoran
Voice Part: mezzo-soprano|contralto Fach: contralto
Setting: quarterdeck of the H.M.S. Pinafore, anchored off Portsmouth, England, late 1800's
Synopsis: Buttercup comes on board the Pinafore in order to sell her wares. She explains that she has every foodstuff and trinket that a sailor could ever want and then proceeds to list them.