Mack The Knife

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Thank you, thank you ladies and gentlemen
 Thank you, we'd like to do something for you now
 We haven't heard a girl sing it and since it's so popular
 We'd like to try and do it for you
 We hope we remember all the words
 Oh the shark has pearly teeth, dear
 And he shows them, pearly white
 Just a jack knife has Macheath, dear
 And he keeps it out of sight
 Oh the shark bites with his teeth, dear
 Scarlet billows start to spread
 Fancy gloves though, wears Macheath dear
 So there's not, not a trace of red
 On a Sunday, Sunday morning lies a body, oozin' life
 Someone's sneaking 'round the corner
 Tell me could it be, could it be, could it be
 Mack the Knife?
 Oh what's the next chorus, to this song, now
 This is the one, now I don't know
 But it was a swinging tune and it's a hit tune
 So we tried to do Mack the Knife
 Ah, Louis Miller, oh, something about cash
 Yeah, Miller, he was spending that trash
 And Macheath dear, he spends like a sailor
 Tell me, tell me, tell me could that boy do, something rash?
 Oh Bobby Darin and Louis Armstrong
 They made a record, oh but they did
 And now Ella, Ella, and her fellas
 We're making a wreck, what a wreck of Mack the Knife
 Oh Snookie Taudry, bah bah bah nop do bo de do
 Bah bah bah nop do bo de do
 Just a jack knife has Macheath, dear
 And do bo bo bah bah bah nop do bo de do
 So, you've heard it, yes, we've swung it
 And we tried to, yes, we sung it
 You won't recognize it, it's a surprise hit
 This tune, called Mack the Knife
 And so we leave you, in Berlin town
 Yes, we've swung old Mack, we've swung old Mack in town
 For the Darin fans and for the Louis Armstrong fans, too
 We told you look out, look out, look out old Macheath's back in town

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Duration
05:10
Key
4
Tempo
179 BPM

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