'The Lass that loved a Sailor' is the subtitle of which 1878 light opera?
H.M.S. Pinafore H.M.S. Pinafore H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Opera Comique in London, on 25 May 1878 and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-longest run of any musical theatre piece up to that time. "H.M.S. Pinafore" was Gilbert and Sullivan's fourth operatic collaboration and their first international sensation. The story takes place aboard the ship HMS "Pinafore". The captain's daughter, Josephine, is in love with a lower-class sailor, Ralph Rackstraw, although her father
I Once Loved a Lass recording of the song, Irish singer Karan Casey gave the name "Ships in the Forest" after this particular verse. An article in a Kelowna newspaper suggested that the strawberries refer to a Celtic clan who were known as "les gens de la fraise" (the people of the strawberry). I Once Loved a Lass "I Once Loved a Lass", also known in Scotland as The False Bride, is a folk song of the British Isles. The age of the song is uncertain, but versions of it date at least as far back as the 1680s. Although widely believed to be a