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Hey, the shark has pretty teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has Mac Heath, dear And he keeps it, way out of sightwhen that shark bites with his teeth, dear Scarlet billows they begin to spread Fancy white gloves, has Mac Heath, dear So theres never, never a trace of red On the sidewalk, one Sunday morning,Lies a body, oozing' life,Someones sneaking', round that corner Could that someone perhaps per chance be Mack the Knife?From the tugboat, on a river going slow A cement bags dropping down You know, that cement is for the weight, dear You can make a large bet that bums in town(Yeah hes in town)My man Louie Miller he split the scene babe,After drawing' out all the bread from his stash Now Mac Heath spends like a sailor Do you suppose this guy he did something rash?Old Satchsmoke, Louie Armstrong, Bobby Daron They did this song nice, Lady Ella too They all sang it, with so much feeling That old blue eyes here aint gonna add anything new(oh yes you do)But with this big, fat, band jumping behind me Swinging hard Jack (Thats Jimmy)I know I cant loose, When I tell you All about Mack the Knife, babe Its an offer you can never refuse Weve got Patrick William, Bill Miller playin that piano And this wonderful, great, big, band bringin up the rearall these bad cats, in this bad townthey make the greatest sound you ever gonna here Oh Sukey Tawdry, (Oh Sukey Tawdry)Jenny Diver, (Jenny Diver)Polly Peaches (I know her well) Ms Lulu Brown Yeah, the line forms on the right, dear Now that Mack he(Oh Mack he)Yeah that bum is back(Oh that bum hes back)And Im gonna tell you what I think that you should know(What should I do)You better lock your door And call the law Because Mack hehes come back to town Get under the bed hide(Look out old Mack is back)
