Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht
Music: Kurt Weill
PROLOGUE
Anna I
So my sister and I left Louisiana
where the moon on the Mississippi is a-shining ever
like you always hear in the songs of Dixie.
We look forward to our homecoming
and the sooner the better.
Anna II
And the sooner the better.
Anna I
It’s a month already since we started
for the great big cities where you go to make money.
In seven years our fortune will be made
and then we can go back.
Anna II
In six would be nicer.
Anna I
Our Mom and Dad and both our brothers wait in old Louisiana,
and we’ll send them all our money as we make it.
For all the money’s got to go to build a little home,
down by the Mississippi in Louisiana. Right, Anna?
Anna II
Right, Anna.
Anna I
She’s the one with the looks. I’m realistic.
She’s just a little mad, my head is on straight.
But we’re really one divided being,
even though you see two of us.
And both of us are Anna.
Together we’ve but a single past, a single future,
one heart and one savings account
and we only do what’s best for one another.
Right, Anna?
Anna II
Right, Anna.