Mack The Knife

Song Mack The Knife
Artist Ella Fitzgerald
Album Mack the Knife: Ella Fitzgerald Live in Berlin

Lyrics

[00:02.470] thank you. wed like to do something for you now.
[00:08.340] We havent heard a girl sing it. and since its so popular,
[00:09.660] Wed like to try and do it for you.
[00:13.960] We hope we remember all the words.
[00:19.600] Oh, the shark has pearly teeth, dear
[00:26.370] And he shows them, pearly white
[00:32.030] Just a jack knife has macheath, dear
[00:39.530] And he keeps it out of sight
[00:45.830] Oh, the shark bites with his teeth, dear
[00:54.170] Scarlet billows start to spread
[01:00.800] Fancy gloves though, wears macheath dear
[01:06.620] So theres not, not a trace of red
[01:14.050] On a sunday, sunday morning
[01:20.780] Lies a body, oozin life
[01:28.020] Someones sneaking round the corner
[01:33.730] Tell me could it be, could it be, could it be
[01:38.130] Mack the knife?
[01:40.190] Oh, whats the next chorus?
[01:44.240] To this song, now
[01:47.620] This is the one, now
[01:50.990] I dont know
[01:53.980] But it was a swinging tune
[01:57.790] And its a hit tune
[02:00.900] So we tried to do mack the knife
[02:07.850] Ah, louis miller
[02:11.560] Oh, something about cash
[02:15.620] Yeah, miller, he was spending that trash
[02:22.610] And macheath dear, he spends like a sailor
[02:28.350] Tell me, tell me, tell me
[02:30.360] Could that boy do, something rash
[02:35.540] Oh bobby darin, and louis armstrong
[02:42.360] They made a record, oh but they did
[02:48.880] And now ella, ella, and her fellas
[02:56.150] Were making a wreck, what a wreck
[02:59.600] Of mack the knife
[03:03.150] {louis armstrong imitation}
[03:08.460] Oh snookie taudry, bah bah bah nop do bo de do
[03:10.950] Bah bah bah nop do bo de do
[03:17.190] Just a jack knife has macheath, dear
[03:24.510] And do bo bo bah bah bah nop do bo de do {}
[03:30.470] So, youve heard it
[03:34.020] Yes, weve swung it
[03:37.140] And we tried to
[03:40.650] Yes, we sung it
[03:44.090] You wont recognize it
[03:48.520] Its a surprise hit
[03:51.510] This tune, called mack the knife
[03:57.570] And so we leave you, in berlin town
[04:04.900] Yes, weve swung old mack
[04:08.270] Weve swung old mack in town
[04:12.150] For the darin fans,
[04:15.150] And for the louis armstrong fans, too
[04:18.580] We told you look out, look out, look out
[04:22.070] Old macheaths back in town