This author suggested the idea for, and was the dedicatee of, a musical about Steeltown U.S.A.; that musical by Marc Blitzstein is The Cradle Will Rock. While waiting to lodge a complaint, a woman created by this author sings of how, when young and proud, (-5[1])a bird told her of her future passivity. In lyrics written by this author, the singer repeats “I tell you we must die” while looking for “the next whiskey bar.” The prostitute Yvette sings the “Fraternization (10[1])Song” in a play by this author (10[1])that ends with the protagonist singing a lullaby and hitching herself to a wagon. This playwright wrote the lyrics to “Alabama Song” and a song about “old Macheath” titled “Mack the Knife.” For 10 points, Kurt Weill (“vile”) co-wrote The Threepenny Opera with what German author of Mother Courage and Her Children? ■END■ (0[1])