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Mack the Knife

Shirley Horn31 Aug 2023

Mack the Knife Lyrics

Mack the Knife - Shirley Horn

Written by:Weill

Oh the shark has

 

Pretty teeth dear

 

And he shows them

 

Pearly whites

 

Just a jackknife

 

Has Macheath dear

 

And he keeps it

 

Out of sight

 

When the shark bites

 

With his teeth dear

 

Scarlet billows start to spread

 

Fancy gloves

Wears old Macheath

 

So there's not

 

A trace of red

 

On the sidewalk

 

Sunny morning

 

Lies a body

 

Oozing life

 

Someone's sneaking

 

Round the corner

 

Is the someone

 

Mack the knife

 

From a tug boat

 

By the river

 

A cement bag's

 

Dropping down

 

The cements just

 

For the weight dear

 

Bet you Mack is

Back in town

 

Louie miller

 

Disappeared dear

 

After drawing out

 

His cash

 

And Macheath spends

 

Like a sailor

 

Did our boys do

Something rash

 

Sukey tawdry

 

Jenny diver

 

Sister city

 

Lucy brown

 

Oh the line forms

On the right dear

 

Now that Macky's back in town

 

A Sukey tawdry

 

Jenny diver

 

Sister city

 

Lucy brown

 

Oh the line forms

 

On the right dear

 

 

Now that Macky's Macky's back in town

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