[Magdalen] Alabama Song.

[Jay Weigel]

Pretty sure Randy Rainbow (if you have not heard of him. go to his YouTube
site *immediately*, you will laugh your socks off!) will have something
about this quite soon!!

On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 10:26 AM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> With all this attention via Trump to the State of Alabama, I forgot
> aboutthe opera, (Rise and Fall of the City of ) Mahogonny,  with music by
> KurtWeill and German lyrics by Bertold Brecht.  It is in the world
> wideopera repertoire, and the Met Opera New York had a production afew
> years ago.  The opera is a political satire.  Luckily,Kurt Weilleluded
> Hitler.  Another less serious opera, "Three Penny Opera"followed Mahogonny
> by a year.(1931).
>
> There is a Mahogonny opera song with lyrics to the effect:  "Show me the
> way to thenext whiskey bar or I tell you I must die.  Oh you know why.
> Moonof Alabama, etc."
>
> We could rename the song, "The Weather Song."
>
> You tube has several versions of excerpts..
>
> David S.
>