Moritat von Mackie Messer / Mack the Knife by Bertold Brecht / Kurt Weill
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but uwitness was first
It's Takashi Miike's fault...
Und der Haifisch, der hat Zähne...
This even beats Lotte Lenya's famous version in terms of gravelly, tuneless singing. Wonderful.
This is a creepy song not a fun jazz song. Perfect for Halloween, enjoy! also danke @Petra de zamagna for telling me about this!
MACKIE MESSER
Mack the Knife
NOTE: This is a literal translation of the original German.
And the shark, he has teeth
And he wears them in his face
And MacHeath, he has a knife
But the knife you don't see
On a beautiful blue Sunday
Lies a dead man on the Strand*
And a man goes around the corner
Whom they call Mack the Knife
And Schmul Meier is missing
And many a rich man
And his money has Mack the Knife,
On whom they can't pin anything.
Jenny Towler was found
With a knife in her chest
And on the wharf walks Mack the Knife,
Who knows nothing about all this.
And the minor-aged widow,
Whose name everyone knows,
Woke up and was violated
Mack, what was your price?
And some are in the darkness
And And the others in the light
But you only see those in the light
Those in the darkness you don't see
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