7. Moon of Alabama

ALABAMA SONG

Show me the way to the next whisky bar
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
Show me the way to the next whisky bar
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
For if we don't find the next whisky bar
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you
I tell you
I tell you we must die

Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say say good-bye
We've lost our good old mamma
And must have whisky
Oh, you know why.

Show me the way to the next pretty girl
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
Show me the way to the next pretty girl
Oh don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
For if we don't find the next pretty girl
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you
I tell you
I tell you we must die

Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say good-bye
We've lost our good old mamma
And must have a girl
Oh, you know why.

Show me the way to the next little dollar
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
Show me the way to the next little dollar
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
For if we don't find the next little dollar
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you
I tell you
I tell you we must die

Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say good-bye
We've lost our good old mamma
And must have dollars
Oh, you know why.

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Deşi majoritatea ştim:



este vorba, la bază, despre un "foxtrot disonant" - decadenţă şi romantism - (O Moon of Alabama) compus de Kurt Weill, pentru un poem al lui Bertolt Brecht. Mai târziu a fost inclus în primul act al operei "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny"/"Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny"/"Mărirea şi decăderea oraşului Mahagonny", cântat de eroina operei - Jenny. Iată o variantă:



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