Mack the Knife

Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein

Oh, the shark has pearly teeth, dear
And he shows them, pearly white
Just a jack knife has Macheath, dear
And he keeps it out of sight

Oh, the shark bites with his teeth, dear
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves though wears Macheath, dear
So there's not, not a trace of red

On a Sunday, Sunday morning
Lies a body, oozin' life
Someone's 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 a swinging tune
And it's a hit tune
So we tried to do Mack The Knife

Ah, Louis Miller
Oh, something about cash
Yeah, Miller, he was spending that trash
And Macheath, dear, he spends like a sailor
Tell me, tell me, tell me
Could that boy do something rash

Oh, Bobby Darin and Louis Armstrong
They made a record, oh, but they did
And now Ella, Ella and her fellas
We're making a wreck, what a wreck
Of Mack The Knife

Oh, Snookie Taudry, bah bah bah nop do bo de do
Bah bah bah nop do bo de do
Just a jack knife has Macheath, dear
And do bo bo bah bah bah nop do bo de do

So, you've heard it
Yes, we've swung it
And we tried to
Yes, we sung it

You won't recognize it
It's a surprise hit
This tune called Mack The Knife

And so we leave you, in Berlin town
Yes, we've swung old Mack
We've swung old Mack in town
For the Darin fans
And for the Louis Armstrong fans too
We told you look out, look out, look out
Old Macheath's back in town

Trivia about the song Mack the Knife by Ella Fitzgerald

On which albums was the song “Mack the Knife” released by Ella Fitzgerald?
Ella Fitzgerald released the song on the albums “Ella Sings Songs From The Soundtrack Of Let No Man Write My Epitaph” in 1960, “The Intimate Ella” in 1960, “Ella At Juan-les-Pins” in 1965, “Ella in Budapest” in 1970, “Lady Time” in 1978, “Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song” in 1993, “Essential Ella” in 1994, “Ella Fitzgerald : La diva du jazz vocal” in 1996, “Ultimate Ella Fitzgerald” in 1997, “Something To Live For” in 1999, “Ken Burns Jazz” in 2000, “Ella & Duke At The Côte D'Azur” in 2000, “Gold” in 2003, “Twelve Nights In Hollywood” in 2009, “The Best of the BBC Vaults” in 2010, “Queen of Gospel Music, Vol. 1” in 2018, and “Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes” in 2020.
Who composed the song “Mack the Knife” by Ella Fitzgerald?
The song “Mack the Knife” by Ella Fitzgerald was composed by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein.

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