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Alternatively known as "The Black Freighter", and as "Seeräuber-Jenny" / "Träume eines Küchenmädchens" in the original German.
''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFP3x4bKpZE The Pirate Jenny]'' is a song by [[
The story is about a young hotel maid named Jenny who dreams of, one day, being rescued by pirates from her demeaning job. When the pirates come (on a ship with eight sails and fifty cannons) they'll burn the town down, bringing everyone in the town to Jenny, who decides whether they live or die. Or, in the American version, ''when'' they die. She decides everyone should be killed, and with a final "HOPPLA!", she'll board the ship and sail away.
Interpretations of the poem tend to fall into two categories: the Jenny character is either a total angel who brings a much-needed social revolution, or a morally ambiguous [[Villain Protagonist]] whose actions should be sharply criticized. Some adaptations additionally show Jenny as a whore or a sex slave -- this is because the American version of ''[[
It should be noted that [[Kurt Weill]] didn't write the music for this particular song: he only orchestrated Brecht's original melody.
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== Music ==
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