H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, Recitative and Song “Hail! Men-o’-War’s Men” / “I’m Called Little Buttercup” (Buttercup, Boatswain)

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Relationships

lyricist:W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
referred to in medleys:We Sail the Ocean Blue… I’m Called Little Buttercup (H.M.S. Pinafore) (order: 2)
part of:H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I (order: 2)
parts:1. H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, no. 2 “Hail! Men-o’-War’s Men” (Buttercup, Boatswain)
2. H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, no. 2 “I’m Called Little Buttercup” (Buttercup, Boatswain)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1930H.M.S Pinafore: Act I: Hail! Men-O-Wars; I'm Called Little ButtercupSydney Granville, Bertha Lewis, Sir Malcolm Sargent, The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company1:57
1987H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I. “Hail, Men‐O‐War’s Men” / “I’m Called Little Buttercup” / “But Tell Me Who’s the Youth”Linda Ormiston, Paul Parfitt, New Sadlers Wells Orchestra, Simon Phipps2:50
1999-09-09 – 1999-09-12H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I. Hail! Men-O'-War's Men... I'm Called Little ButtercupStephen Davis, Frances McCafferty, D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, John Owen Edwards2:41
Cape FearepartialThe Simpsons1:54
H.M.S Pinafore: Hail, Men-O'-War's Men / I'm Called Little Buttercup / But Tell Me Who's the YouthNew Sadler’s Wells Opera, Simon Phipps2:50
H.M.S. Pinafore: “Hail, men‐o’‐wars men” / “I’m called little Buttercup”New Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey1:45
H.M.S. Pinafore: "I'm called Little Buttercup"Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus2:42
H.M.S. Pinafore: “I'm called little Buttercup”Monica Sinclair, Pro Arte Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent2:17
H.M.S. Pinafore: “I’m called little Buttercup”Sir Malcolm Sargent, The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company1:48
H.M.S. Pinafore: “I’m called little Buttercup” (accompaniment version)instrumental[unknown]1:46
H.M.S. Pinafore: “I’m called little Buttercup” (vocal version)Fiona Kimm1:46
H.M.S. Pinafore: Act 1: Hail! Men O’War’s Men…Gillian Knight, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Isidore Godfrey, The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company1:43
H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I, Chorus, “We Sail the Ocean Blue”, Recit and Song, “For I’m Called Little Buttercup”Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent4:36
H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I: I'm Called Little ButtercupJean Allister, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Walker1:26
H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I. “Hail! Men o’ war’s men”New Symphony Orchestra of London, Isidore Godfrey4:17
H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I. “Hail! Men o’war’s men” … “I’m called little Buttercup”George Cook, Gillian Knight, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Isidore Godfrey4:17
H.M.S. Pinafore: Act I. Hail! Men-o’-War’s MenDella Jones, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Faris2:02
H.M.S. Pinafore: We Sail The Ocean Blue / Buttercup's SongElla Halman, Chorus, Isidore Godfrey4:16
HMS Pinafore: Act I. Recitative & Song: “Hail, men‐o’‐war’s men”Orchestra of the Scottish Opera, Richard Egarr3:11
HMS Pinafore: I'm Called Little ButtercupGillian Knight, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth1:52
I'm Called Little ButtercupinstrumentalLondon Promenade Orchestra1:28
I’m Called Little Buttercup (from HMS Pinafore)Sadler’s Wells Opera & Linda Ormiston2:27
Little Buttercup / With Cat-Like Tread (from HMS Pinafore / The Pirates of Penzance)instrumentalThe South Bank Orchestra, Joseph Horovitz3:48