Darin, Bobby - Mack The Knife Lyrics






Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has old Macheath, babe
And he keeps it out of sight

You know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves, though, wears old Macheath, babe
So there's never, never a trace of red

Now on the sidewalk, ooh, sunny morning, uh-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 down by the river, don't ya know
Where a cement bag's just a-droopin' 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'ya hear about 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 something 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 ol' Macky's back





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  1. S.... o....

    So THIS is the song that inspired Mac Tonight...

  2. H.... I....

    Sounds like mac tonight

  3. _.... [....

    Jazz is great

  4. Z.... |....

    Any moroccans here ?

  5. V.... D....

    One of the most versatile entertainers in show businesses singer,songwriter,actor,dancer,and can play several instruments, now that a talent,aside from Elvis I say he was the best

  6. L.... ....

    This was one of my grandma’s favorite songs. Every year around the time she passes away I listen to it. It always makes me cry because I think of her. My family actually played this at her wake almost seven years ago.

  7. D.... F....

    Dee Snider did a epic cover of this

  8. b.... C....

    The killer in the song is based on Ronnie Pickering.

  9. �.... �....

    The best love song ever!!!

  10. T.... G....

    Is this song famous for being in a movie?

  11. J.... ....

    Great song sung by one cool dude. Gone too soon at just 37 yrs after a heart operation. RIP Bobby thx for the memories

  12. L.... M....

    Old Lucy Brown

  13. L.... M....

    This Song Makes You Shimmy And Shake.

  14. H.... W....

    I cant wait to meet these great singers in heaven in 70 years

    H.... W....

    There is no heaven.

  15. J.... B....

    A new version of the song is being released in the UK ....to highlight all the stabbings blighting London England.....it's called black with knife..

  16. G.... A....

    Great song!👏👏👏👏

  17. K.... J....

    Mel Gibson thinking how to stole ideas

  18. M.... D....

    When ever I leave this world and I'm on the way to the other side if their is one.I want this song playing and me to be singing and dancing to this song. What a way to get their.

  19. C.... B....

    Louis Armstrong sings it better.

  20. T.... K....

    This song is about a serial killer. No shit. And it's still awesome.

  21. P.... ....

    Just chance the lyrics with this

    When the clock strikes!
    Halph past six, babe!
    Time to head for Golden Lights!
    It's the good time for the graet taste, Dinnah!
    At McDonald's!
    It's Mac Tonight!
    Come On, make It Mac Tonight!

    P.... ....

    Shiet is half not halph

  22. T.... s....

    It’s a MAC TONIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT COME ON MAKE IT MAC TONIGHT-

    Ok I’ll stop

  23. A.... S....

    greatest song of 2020

    A.... S....

    ADAM SONNTAG heller

  24. T.... P....

    🎵My Dad is 86 and likes this song,that's why I have followed in his foot steps🎺

  25. J.... B....

    I remember my dad singing this song when I was 4 years old. Luv you ... miss you DAD XOX. .💝💝💝

  26. T.... P....

    1960 Listening to this tune by a Jukebox in a GI bar in Zweibrueken W. Germany.

  27. A.... Z....

    Great music , excellent times , although I was born 1967

  28. B.... G....

    Oh that shark bait....ate that freak steak....the Wendellas down by the river dontchaknow.....and Bobbie Brooks swore at...that old.Lucy brown

  29. P.... D....

    Here Sarah snyder the hot potato chips

  30. P.... D....

    Sarah snyder never cry when she murder tards

  31. P.... D....

    Make r add as such

  32. M.... T....

    So nostalgic for me, I’d just joined the British Merchant Navy’s basic training school in Gravesend, Kent and this song was no.1 in the charts, about 1959 I think. Then at sea we used to pick up American radio and Somewhere Beyond The Sea was constantly played.... what a great singer and they certainly don’t write songs like those anymore. Cedric Truckle, Mary’s husband.

  33. R.... R....

    NO ONE SINGS LIKE BOBBY DARIN HE IS ONE COOL GOOD LOOKING CAT

    R.... R....

    Ruby Rushing I beg to differ. Have you heard of Elvis Presley ? He was the epitome of cool & charisma. Bobby was pretty cool too though

  34. E.... L....

    ♥ ♥ ♥

  35. S.... C....

    Thanks for the post.

  36. V.... ....

    Who’s here after reading *Lesson of the Evil* ?

  37. J.... M....

    Many have performed that song but no know one like Bobby Derin.

  38. V.... ....

    unbelievable anyone

  39. S.... ....

    Oh moon man

  40. S.... ....

    Who came here for mactonight fnaf fangame

  41. S.... ....

    When. You knowed what mactonight was based on

  42. E.... B....

    There was time you couldn't play this

  43. M.... H....

    Liza May Minnelli , Judy Garland.

  44. A.... R....

    M A C T O N I G H T

  45. L.... P....

    Thanx Armidillo! So cool!

  46. D.... O....

    Hoo’s hear?

  47. R.... R....

    Oh hell no

  48. K.... L....

    Well, I came across this song in a very different way from you guys in the comments. Growing up as a young Hispanic kid in NYC, I grew up to enjoy a Latino song that is Loosely based on this great song. The name of The Song is Pedro Navaja and its composed by Ruben Blades.  Check it out, its fantastic! And to top it all off, there is a great Mexican movie by the same name starring Andrés García. LONG LIVE PEDRO NAVAJA / MACK THE KNIFE!

  49. R.... S....

    WESTLIFE Brought me here (ALLOW US TO BE FRANK Album)..

  50. w.... ....

    Oh the shark, babe
    Has such teeth, dear
    And he shows them
    Pearly white
    Just a jackknife
    Has old Macheath, babe
    And he keeps it
    Out of sight

    You know when that shark bites
    With his teeth, babe
    Scarlet billows
    Start to spread
    Fancy gloves, though
    Wears ol' Macheath, babe
    So there's never, never a trace of red

    Now, on the side walk, ooh Sunday morning, uh huh
    Lies a body just oozing life. EEK!
    And someone's sneaking round the corner
    Could that someone be Mack the Knife?

    There's a tugboat down by the river, don't you know
    Where a cement bag's just a drooping on down
    Oh that cement is just, it's there for the weight, dear
    Five'll get ya ten, ol' Mackie's back in town

    Now did ya hear 'bout Louie Miller?
    He disappeared, babe
    After drawing out all his hard earned cash
    And now Macheath spends, just like a sailor
    Could it be, our boy's done something rash?

    Now, Jenny Diver, Suky Tawdry
    Oh, Miss Lotte Lenya, and ol' Lucy Brown
    Oh the line forms on the right, babe
    Now that Mackie's back in town

    I said, Jenny Diver, oh Suky Tawdry
    Look out, Miss Lotte Lenya, and ol' Lucy Brown
    Yes, that line forms on the right, babe
    Now that Mackie's back in town
    Look out ol'

    w.... ....

    woodencoins808 999

  51. H.... V....

    Unbelievable Song ;)

    H.... V....

    More like Max the knife!

  52. B.... G....

    El video mas aburrido del mundo

  53. A.... T....

    From this to Moonman.

  54. J.... R....

    One of the best pop recordings of all time. A complete triumph.

  55. K.... v....

    I know a few dogs named Maggie, so when I approach them, O Maggie is back in town.....

  56. C.... d....

    This is from Wikipedia


    A Moritat is a medieval version of the murder ballad performed by strolling minstrels. In The Threepenny Opera, the Moritat singer with his street organ introduces and closes the drama with the tale of the deadly Mackie Messer, or Mack the Knife, a character based on the dashing highwayman Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (who was in turn based on the historical thief Jack Sheppard). The Brecht-Weill version of the character was far more cruel and sinister and has been transformed into a modern anti-hero.

    The play opens with the Moritat singer comparing Macheath (unfavorably) with a shark and then telling tales of his crimes: arson, robbery, rape, murder.

    The song was a last-minute addition that was inserted before its premiere in 1928 because Harald Paulsen, the actor who played Macheath, demanded that Brecht and Weill add another number that would more effectively introduce his character.[1] However, Weill and Brecht decided the song should not be sung by Macheath himself, opting instead to write the song for a street singer in keeping with the Moritat tradition. At the premiere, the song was sung by Kurt Gerron, who played Police Chief Brown. Weill intended the Moritat to be accompanied by a barrel organ, which was to be played by the singer.[2] At the premiere, though, the barrel organ failed, and the pit orchestra (a jazz band) had to quickly provide the accompaniment for the street singer.[3]

    Und der Haifisch, der hat Zähne,
    Und die trägt er im Gesicht.
    Und Macheath, der hat ein Messer,
    Doch das Messer sieht man nicht.

    And the shark, it has teeth,
    And it wears them in the face.
    And Macheath, he has a knife,
    But the knife can't be seen.

  57. m.... ....

    This is quite the song. It modulates on every verse.

  58. J.... R....

    Mac Tonight

  59. J.... H....

    *sarc* Who is this Darin guy? He sounds like a cheap ripoff of Mike Buble!

    J.... H....

    J Hill, what plant are you from??

    J.... H....

    J Hill, your name must be Shirley because you surely must jest.

    J.... H....

    You throw out Buble.. this is what you know is nothing,

  60. C.... S....

    Mac s got all the money

  61. S.... K....

    its about vig and payments ya fucks, aint nothin pretty about it

  62. E.... B....

    So...Pedro navaja anyone?

  63. D.... E....

    One of my favourites always brings a smile :)

  64. J.... H....

    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 don'tcha know
    Where a cement bag's just a'drooppin' on down
    Oh, that cement is for, just 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, that 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

  65. A.... M....

    Cmon, how could this guy rip off that awesome McDonalds commercial with Mac Tonight?!?!

    A.... M....

    Nah mcdonalds ripped it off and turn it into mactonight it was the opposite you see

  66. M.... B....

    Did u know McDonald's got sued for making a parody of this without Bobby's son's permission?

    M.... B....

    Yeah and thats the end of mactonight

  67. T.... G....

    The crap they sing today can never compare with the songs of yesterday.

    T.... G....

    I agree with you, Thomas - not one single so-called "song" from this day could ever compete with a classic such as this.

    T.... G....

    @George M George, you're so right.

    T.... G....

    Real boomer hours

    T.... G....

    @Troy Uhhh MUSIC NOWADAYS IS NOTHING BUT WIGGLES IN THE AIR ALL MUSIC WAS GODTIER WHEN KIDS COULD GET POLIO

    T.... G....

    Music is subjective

  68. k.... B....

    Dec 2019 but still playing this 😊

  69. B.... S....

    Mac tonight = Mack the knife
    McDonald’s copied a song about a serial killer

  70. d.... l....

    This was my dad's favourite record he went to see it when it was first performed it was in Liverpool... Don't you dare YouTube

  71. I.... ....

    This is a lot slower than Ann Margret’s version of this

  72. b.... r....

    The poor arranger is not given credit for what he does by a lot of people. The arranger on Bobby's first few albums was Richard "Dick" Wess, and much of the magic of these albums, like "Beyond the Sea", and this one can be credited to his great arrangements for Bobby.



    The same goes for Peter Matz, Streisand's arranger on her first few albums. Great arrangements.

  73. T.... H....

    So THAT'S where Mack from Super Mario RPG got his name!

  74. A.... R....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=167&v=_QXJ3OXWaOY&feature=emb_logo

  75. M.... R....

    Mac Tonight. Come on get Mac Tonight!

  76. M.... U....

    Nice lyrics.

  77. j.... L....

    The best song’s

  78. K.... E....

    First 45 rpm record I ever bought, Rode my Bicycle 4 miles to Northgate.

  79. p.... ....

    Awesome!Great!

  80. A.... N....

    I thought this was a song played on Cruise Ships. o.O Oh well, fun song.

  81. o.... e....

    Mac Tonight

  82. R.... 3....

    Unbelievable brought me here

  83. M.... G....

    This was a Wheel of Fortune puzzle solution.

  84. L.... S....

    This is music you can wear

  85. G.... S....

    This song is from a German musical and done entirely in German. The title was 3 penny opera. Written well before WW2.
    look it up. The 1920's I believe.

    G.... S....

    Just so cool 😎😘

    G.... S....

    So true. I am a first generation born American. My omi and opa (grandmother / grandfather) would sing this in German when I was a kinder (child) in the 60's. It's actually from the 1930's

  86. J.... H....

    Such a classic.

  87. U.... B....

    Takashi Miike bought me here

  88. L.... F....

    Excellence 💋

  89. J.... J....

    Jack the Ripper

  90. J.... W....

    jewlrey

  91. T.... R....

    It's a great tune

  92. D.... M....

    This song is about the mafia always use cement to get rid of a person.

  93. j.... o....

    C'MON MAKE IT MAC TONIGHT!

  94. N.... O....

    Richard Weiss was the conductor, for those who are curious. Took a while for me to find out who was the conductor, not to step Bobby Darin aside, as he was talented in his own right.

  95. R.... M....

    My niece and I were at a restaurant waiting in the lounge for our table to be ready. A young man was on stage singing jazz stuff just like this. In-between songs I yelled out do you know Mack the Knife? He didn't even look up but just reached over and flip the switch and he was off on this great song. I'll never forget it lot of fun that night.

  96. G.... E....

    Wow, killer tune!

  97. O.... d....

    Sounds like Bubblé