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Ella Fitzgerald - Mack the Knife lyrics
Mack the Knife -Artist: Bobby Darin -the # 5 song of the 1955-1959 rock era -was # 1 for 9 weeks in 1959 -original Words by Berthold Brecht and Music by Kurt Weill. English words added --by Marc Blitzstein -written in 1928 as "Moritat" or "Theme From the Threepenny Opera" a/k/a "The -Beggar's Opera" and introduced in that production by Weill's wife, Lotte Lenya Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe And he keeps it, ah, out of sight Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe So there's never, never a trace of red Now on the sidewalk, huh, huh, whoo sunny morning, un huh Lies a body just oozin' life, eek And someone's sneakin' 'round the corner Could that someone be Mack the Knife? There's a tugboat, huh, huh, down by the river dontcha know Where a cement bag's just a'drooppin' on down Oh, that cement is just, it's there for the weight, dear Five'll get ya ten old Macky's back in town Now d'ja hear 'bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe After drawin' out all his hard-earned cash And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor Could it be our boy's done somethin' rash? Now Jenny Diver, ho, ho, yeah, Sukey Tawdry Ooh, Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown Oh, the line forms on the right, babe Now that Macky's back in town I said Jenny Diver, whoa, Sukey Tawdry Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown Yes, that line forms on the right, babe Now that Macky's back in town Look out, old Macky's back!! Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz ronhontz@worldnet.att.net |
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