![]() ![]() The pirates come ashore, chain up all the townspeople, and present them to Jenny, who orders the pirates to kill them all. A pirate ship – with eight sails, and with 50 cannons – enters the harbor, fires on the city and flattens every building except the hotel. Low-Dive Jenny is a lowly maid at a "crummy old hotel", imagining avenging herself for the contempt she endures from the townspeople. The song depicts Low- Dive Jenny (German: Spelunken-Jenny), a character based on Jenny Diver (1700–1741). It is probably the second most famous song in the opera, after " Mack the Knife". The English lyrics are by Marc Blitzstein. ![]() " Pirate Jenny" (German: " Seeräuber-Jenny") is a well-known song from The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht. ![]()
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