[For a complete Dramatis Personae see TPO01.txt] Transcribed using MOZART by Michael Bednarek, May 2003 http://mcmbednarek.tripod.com/ 8. LIEBESLIED The duet between Macheath and Polly starts dripping with irony, but soon gains a rather sad quality, as we get a glimpse of some wedding details, and their joint declaration: "Love will last, or it won't". It all sounds rather resigned and drab instead of excited and passionate.