To: Lost1 who wrote (44491 ) 7/8/2000 11:50:04 PM From: Alan Smithee Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 63513 See the shark has teeth like razors All can read his open face And Macheath has got a knife, but Not in such an obvious place See the shark, How red his fins are As he slashes at his prey Mac the Knife wears white kid gloves which Give the minimum away By the Thames turbid waters, Men abruptly tumble down IIs it plague, or is it cholera? Or a sign Macheath's in town? On a beautyful blue Sunday, See a corpse stretched on the Strand See a man dodge around the corner... Mackie's friend's will understand. And Schul Meier who is missing Like so many wealthy men: Mack the knife aquired his cashbox God alone knows how or when Jenny Towler turned up lately With a knife stuck in her breast While Macheath walked the embankment, Nonchalantly unimpressed Where is Alfred Gleet the cabman? Who can get that story clear? All the world may know the answer, but Macheath has no idea And the ghastly fire in Soho, Seven children at a go--- In the crowd stands Mac the knife, but He's not asked and doesn't know And the child bride in her nightie, Whose assailant's still at large Violated in her slumbers--- Mackie how much did you charge? Mack the Knife(M.Blitzen/L.Armstrong/ B.Darin version): Oh the shark has/ Pretty teeth dear And he keeps them/ Pearly white And a jackknife/ Has Macheath dear and he keeps it/ out of sight When the shark bites/ with it's teeth dear scarlet billows/ start to spread Fancy gloves though/ Wears Macheath dear So there's not a trace/ of red On the sidewalk/ Sunday morning Lies a body/ Oozing life Someone's sneeking/ Around the cornor Is that someone/ Mack the knife? There's a tugboat/ By the river Cement bags/ drooping down The cement's/ just for the weight dear Now that Mackie's/ Back in town Louie Miller/ Dissappeared dear After drawing/ Out his cash And Macheath spends/ Like a sailor Has our boy done/ Something rash? Suky Taudry, Jenny Diver, Lotty Lenya, and Lucy Brown The line forms/ on the right dear Now that Mackie's/ Back in town The Ballad of Mac Tonight: When the clock strikes/ Half past six babe It's time to head for/ Golden light It's a good time/ For the great taste (Dinner) at Mcdonald's/ It's Mac Tonight! Come on make it right tonight