Surabaya Johnny (English translation)

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Relationships

lyricist:	Bertolt Brecht
composer:	Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:	Michael Feingold (translator)

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/32525 [info]

later versions:	3 songs by Kurt Weil: III. Surabaya Johnny
translated version of:	Happy End: Teil 3. No. 10: Das Lied vom Surabaya‐Johnny. “Ich war jung, Gott, erst sechzehn Jahre” (original German version)

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1955	Surabaya Johnny		Lotte Lenya	4:27
1961-12-31	Surabaya-Johnny	instrumental	André Previn & J.J. Johnson	4:15
1983-08	Surabaya Johnny (live, 1983-08: The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, UK)	cover and live	Tom Robinson and Crew	4:48
	Happy End: Surabaya Johnny		Helen Schneider	6:42
	LoveMusik: Surabaya Johnny		The Manhattan Theatre Club	3:58
	Surabaya Johnny		Teresa Stratas	5:58
	Surabaya Johnny	cover	Bette Midler	4:54
	Surabaya Johnny	cover	Reg Livermore	4:33
	Surabaya Johnny		Dagmar Krause	4:00
	Surabaya Johnny		Georgia Brown	3:13
	Surabaya Johnny		Lulu Ziegler	3:00
	Surabaya Johnny		Dagmar Krause	4:07
	Surabaya Johnny		Helen Schneider	6:55
	Surabaya Johnny		Julie Wilson	4:45
	Surabaya Johnny	cover	Noga & Quartet	7:16
	Surabaya‐Johnny		Ute Lemper	6:05