[Magdalen] Alabama Song.

[Charles Wohlers]

Yes indeedy it is.
Also by Dave Van Ronk and others as well.

-- 
Chad Wohlers
chadwohl at satucket.com
Woodbury, VT   USA


On 08.09.2019 21:51, Christopher Hart wrote:
> Is that the same song which The Doors had on their first album? Sounds 
> like
> the same lyric.
> 
> 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.
>>