Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has MacHeath, dear And he keeps it, out of sight when that shark bites with his teeth, dear Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy gloves, though, has MacHeath, dear So there's never, not a trace of red on the sidewalk, whoo sunny morning, Lies a body oozin' life, someones sneakin' 'round the corner is that someone Mack the Knife? There's a tugboat, down by the river baby Where a cement bag's 'drooppin' on down Oh, that cement is for the weight, dear Bet you that he's back in town Yeah Louie Miller disappeared here, After drawin' out all his cash And MacHeath spends like a sailor did our boy's done somethin' rash? Sukey Tawdry, Jenny Diver, , Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown Oh, the line forms on the right, dear Now that Macky's back in town
Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has MacHeath, dear And he keeps it, out of sight when that shark bites with his teeth, dear Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy gloves, though, has MacHeath, dear So there's never, not a trace of red on the sidewalk, whoo sunny morning, Lies a body oozin' life, someones sneakin' 'round the corner is that someone Mack the Knife? There's a tugboat, down by the river baby Where a cement bag's 'drooppin' on down Oh, that cement is for the weight, dear Bet you that he's back in town Yeah Louie Miller disappeared here, After drawin' out all his cash And MacHeath spends like a sailor did our boy's done somethin' rash? Sukey Tawdry, Jenny Diver, , Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown Oh, the line forms on the right, dear Now that Macky's back in town
“Mack the Knife” foi composta por Kurt Weill com letra de Bertolt Brecht para o drama musical *Die Dreigroschenoper*, que estreou em Berlim em 1928.
A música ganhou enorme popularidade nos Estados Unidos, onde se tornou um clássico da canção popular americana.
Várias grandes estrelas da música americana, como Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darin e Tom Waits, gravaram versões da canção.
O título original em alemão, *Die Moritat von Mackie Messer*, destaca que a peça nasceu na tradição de narrativas satíricas do século XX.
A obra demonstra a transposição cultural de um teatro musical alemão para o cenário musical internacional, influenciando gerações de intérpretes no Ocidente.
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