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The "Alabama Song" (also known as "Whisky Bar," "Moon over Alabama," or "Moon of Alabama") was originally published as a poem in Bertolt Brecht's ''Hauspostille'' (1927). It was set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 "Songspiel" ''Mahagonny'' and used again in Weill's and Brecht's 1930 opera ''Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny'' (''Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny''.) In the latter, it is performed by the character Jenny and her fellow prostitutes in the first act. The song was first performed and recorded by the Viennese actress and dancer Lotte Lenya (Weill's wife). She first publicly sang the song as the character Jessie in the 1927 Baden-Baden Festival performance of ''Mahagonny Songspiel.'' Lenya first recorded the song in 1930 for the Ultraphon record label. This recording was released to coincide with the Leipzig premiere of ''Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny'' despite the fact that Lenya was not a member of the cast.〔''Lenya'' pp.32 Hardcover Book acompaning the Bear Family Records boxset: LENYA 1998.〕 Lenya continued to perform and record the song throughout her life. Later Lenya recordings include one made for the 1955 album, "Lotte Lenya singt Kurt Weill" (released in the United States as "Berlin Theater Songs").〔http://kwf.org/lotte-lenya/discography2〕 The lyrics for the "Alabama Song" are in English (albeit specifically idiosyncratic English) and are performed in that language even when the opera is performed in its original German. The English text was made by Brecht’s close collaborator, Elisabeth Hauptmann, on the author’s behalf. The text dates back to 1925.〔Bertolt Brecht : ''Poems and Songs from the Plays'' pp223 edited by John Willett and Ralph Manheim; Methuen 1990/1992〕 ==The Doors version== The song was recorded in 1966 by the rock group The Doors, listed as "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar).". Jim Morrison, the group's lead singer, altered the second verse: ''"Show us the way to the next little boy"'' is changed to ''"Show me the way to the next little girl"''. Although on the 1967 ''Live at the Matrix'' recording, he sings "... next little boy". In addition, the verse from the original, ''"Show me the way to the next little dollar"'' is omitted. The melody of the verses is also changed. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek plays the marxophone on this song along with the organ and keyboard bass. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alabama Song」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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