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Captain Corcoran is deeply concerned--his friends seem to be deserting him, his daughter is in love with a lowly sailor, and his crew is rebelling. His former nanny, Little Buttercup, offers a sympathetic ear. He knows that Buttercup had a soft spot for him and, were not for the difference in their social rank, he might have returned her affections. She understands but cryptically prophesies that a change is in the air. This scene leads into a duet between Captain Corcoran and Little Buttercup.
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BUT. How sweetly he carols forth his melody to the unconscious moon! Of whom is he thinking? Of some high-born beauty? It may be! Who is poor Little Buttercup that she should expect his glance to fall on one so lowly! And yet if he knew – if he only knew!
CAPT. (coming down). Ah! Little Buttercup, still on board? That is not quite right, little one. It would have
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