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I need to know mack the knifes lyrics can any body help me with my problem id search the net but my access limits me to this site.....

"..der Mond über Soho ..."

" ... aber die Verhältnisse ... die sind nicht so ...".

Why don't you vistit a music store and buy the record or cd?

Drei Grosschenoper oder Louis Armstrong?

i have the cd i just cant figure out a few verses

Your're not answering my question. Bertold Brecht or Louis Armstrong?

louis... why?

"Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear
and he shows them pearly white
just a jackknife has Macheath, dear
and he keeps it out of sight."

www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books/author/brecht

thnx

Hey traveling ronin,

I've found the complete lyrics by Louis Armstrong of Mack the Knife.
You still need them?

yes please krabatt would be much appreciated if you could just paste them into the thread i cant use links as my internet access is limited to this site

That must be pretty annoying to be limited only to this site.
Right, here it goes:

Oh the shark has pretty teeth dear
and he shows them pearly white
just a jack knife has MacHeath dear
but he keeps it out of sight

You know when that shark bites with his teeth dear
scarlet billows they start to spread
fancy gloves though has MacHeath dear
so there's never, never a trace of red

On a sidewalk Sunday morning
lies a body oozing life
someone sneaking round the corner
is that someone Mack the Knife

From a tug boat down by the river don't you know
a cement bag is just a droopin' on down
the cement's there, it is there for the weight dear
I'll bet you five to ten old Mackie's back in town

Louis Miller, now he disappeared babe
after drawing out all his hard earned cash
Now MacHeath spends like a sailor
did our boy now do something rash

Sukie Tawdry, Jenny Diver
Polly Peachum and Lucy Brown
Now the line forms on the right dear
now that Mackie's back in town

Sukie Tawdry, hey Jenny Diver
look out for Polly Peachum and dear old Lucy Brown
yes the line forms on the right dear
now that Mackie's back in town

Well, that's the first song from the Drei Groschen Oper (1928) by Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weill, translated into English and sung by Louis Armstrong among others.
The 'Three Penny Opera' as it is called in English is based on the work of an Englishman, John Gay's The Beggar Opera (1728)!
The Doors used lyrics of Brecht/Weill like the Alabama Song (from the play The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, 1931). The Doors changed some of the lyrics but not much. Not very surprising as Morrison studied Theatre Arts at the university.

Well, that's it for now. I hope you can use this information.

thanks a lot my friend, it aint *THAT* annoying, i aint bored of this site yet, hope to talk to yall again some time

AAAAAAKHGGGHHH!!! .....

All right, I'm back in town
How are you playing?

out o tune, hows you and weres ya been

Absolutely groovy, been to see my folks at a seaside holiday resort.
Had a lot of catching up to do in terms of freedom play. Had a lovely time.

lucky you tee hee i spent a great chunk of yesterday nursing the mother of all hangovers

NO! What were you up to, you went to a party?

no i went to the bowling alley pound a pint mua hahahaha and then a few pint s of wine back at a friends house