-Artist: Bobby Darin
 -the # 5 song of the 1955-1959 rock era
 -was # 1 for 9 weeks in 1959
 -original Words by Berthold Brecht and Music by Kurt Weill. English words added
 --by Marc Blitzstein
 -written in 1928 as "Moritat" or "Theme From the Threepenny Opera" a/k/a "The
 -Beggar's Opera" and introduced in that production by Weill's wife, Lotte Lenya


 Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
 And it shows them pearly white
 Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
 And he keeps it, ah, out of sight
 Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
 Scarlet billows start to spread
 Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe
 So there's never, never a trace of red

 Now on the sidewalk, huh, huh, whoo sunny morning, un huh
 Lies a body just oozin' life, eek
 And someone's sneakin' 'round the corner
 Could that someone be Mack the Knife?

 There's a tugboat, huh, huh, down by the river dontcha know
 Where a cement bag's just a'drooppin' on down
 Oh, that cement is just, it's there for the weight, dear
 Five'll get ya ten old Macky's back in town
 Now d'ja hear 'bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe
 After drawin' out all his hard-earned cash
 And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
 Could it be our boy's done somethin' rash?

 Now Jenny Diver, ho, ho, yeah, Sukey Tawdry
 Ooh, Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
 Oh, the line forms on the right, babe
 Now that Macky's back in town

 I said Jenny Diver, whoa, Sukey Tawdry
 Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
 Yes, that line forms on the right, babe
 Now that Macky's back in town
 Look out, old Macky's back!!


 Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
 ronhontz@worldnet.att.net