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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ella Fitzgerald
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Marc Blitzstein
Songwriter
Kurt Weill
Songwriter
Bertolt Brecht
Songwriter
Lyrics
Thank you
We'd like to do something for you now
We haven't heard a girl sing it
And since it's so popular, we'd like to try and do it for you
We hope we remember all the words
Ooh, the shark has pearly teeth, dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has Macheath, dear
And he keeps it out of sight
Oh, the shark bites with his teeth dear
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy clothes though wears Macheath, dear
So there's not, not a trace of red
On Sunday, Sunday morning
Lies a body oozing life
Someone sneaking 'round the corner
Tell me could it be, could it be, could it be
Mack the Knife?
Oh, what's the next chorus
To this song now?
This is the one now
I don't know
But it was the swinging tune
And it's a hit tune
So we tried to do
Mack the Knife
Ahh, Louie Miller
Called something about cats
Yeah, Miller
He was fillin' that trash
And Macheath, dear
He spends like a sailor
Tell me, tell me, tell me
Could that boy do something rash?
Oh, Pappy Derek and Louie Armstrong
They made a record, oh, but they did
And now, Ella, Ella, and her fella
We're making a wreck, a wreck of Mack the Knife
Oh, Snookie darling
Bo-bo-lo-bo-na-na-ni-ni-lo, lo-lo
Sing it
Bo-bo-lo-bo-lu-bo-bo-lu-mo-lu-mo-mo-lo
Just the jackknife has Macheath, dear
And it moves
Dung, dung-to-dung, ku-bi-di-bi
Know it now
So you heard it
Yes, we swung it
And we tried to
Yes, we sung it
You won't recognize it (ha-ha)
It's a surprise here
This tune called "Mack the Knife"
And so we leave you
In Berlin town
Yes, we swung old Mack
We swung old Mackie down
For the dearest fans
And for the Louie Armstrong fans too
We told you look out, look out, look out
Ooh, Mackie, Mackie tune
(Yeah)
Writer(s): Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht
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