[For a complete Dramatis Personae see TPO01.txt] Transcribed using MOZART by Michael Bednarek, May 2003 http://mcmbednarek.tripod.com/ 7. KANONENSONG Two old war horses reminisce about the "good old times" they spent in the army. Although they are now on different sides of the law, this common experience still bonds them together. It also casts a light on the dubious character of Brown - isn't he too close to the criminal Macheath? But such is the character of the ruling classes: they are easily corrupted, whereas the criminals obey a much stricter code of conduct - Brecht. MOZART's limitations demanded that the crescendo trill in bar 86 had to be split among several notes.