Oh

The shark has pretty teeth

Dear

And he shows 'em

Pearly white

Just a jack knife has macheath

Dear

And he keeps it way out of sight

When that shark bites with his teeth

Dear

Scarlet billows they begin to spread

Fancy white gloves has macheath

Dear

So there's never

Never a trace of red

On the sidewalk

One Sunday morning

Lies a body oozin' life

Someone's sneaking 'round the corner

Could that someone perhaps

Per chance be mack the knife

From a tugboat on the river going slow

A cement bag is dropping down

You know that cement is for the weight

Dear

You can make a large bet macheath's in town

My man louis miller he split the scene

Babe

After drawing out all the bread from his stash

Now macheath spends like a sailor

Do you suppose this guy he did something rash

Old satchmo

Louis armstrong

Bobby darrin

They did this song nice

Lady ella too

They all sang it with so much feeling

That old blue eyes he ain't gonna add nothing new

But with this big fat band jumping behind me

Swinging hard

Jack

I know I can't lose

When I tell you all about mack the knife

Babe

It's an offer you can never refuse

We got patrick williams

Bill miller playing that piano

And this wonderful

Great big band bringing up the rear

All these bad cats in this band now

They make the greatest sounds you're ever gonna hear

Oh sookie taudry

Jenny diver

Polly peachum

Old miss lulu brown

Hey

The line forms on the right

Dear

Now that macheath that bum is back in town

You'd better lock your doors and call the law

Because mackie's back in town