Heh-heh. I suppose the answer would be yes on both accounts, Miss Bonnie.
Anyway, Hatches . . . the score of the "Beggar's Opera" was kinda . . . well, cheesy. But on purpose, mind you because as you've already stated, it was indeed a parody. For example, the opening number begins with our beggar shmoozing the playwrite and producer, belowing, "I have written a play, a magnificent play. It's a lovely display of rot and decay!" Or something to that effect. Act II, if my memory serves me correctly, concluded with a whimsical (yet raucous) little round sung among Macheath, Polly, and Lucy. The music, much like the story itself, was supposed to be campy and humorous, naughty and crude, and anything but refined. I have a recording back home in Pittsburgh of our cast's rendition of the score . . . somewhere that is. If I can find it, you're more than welcome to it.