ELLA FITZGERALD - Mack The Knife lyrics

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{spoken} thank you. we'd like to do something for you now.<br>We haven't heard a girl sing it. and since it's so popular,<br>We'd like to try and do it for you.<br>We hope we remember all the words.{}<br><br>Oh, the shark has pearly teeth, dear<br>And he shows them, pearly white<br>Just a jack knife has macheath, dear<br>And he keeps it out of sight<br><br>Oh, the shark bites with his teeth, dear<br>Scarlet billows start to spread<br>Fancy gloves though, wears macheath dear<br>So there's not, not a trace of red<br><br>On a sunday, sunday morning<br>Lies a body, oozin' life<br>Someone's sneaking 'round the corner<br>Tell me could it be, could it be, could it be<br>Mack the knife? <br><br>Oh, what's the next chorus? <br>To this song, now<br>This is the one, now<br>I don't know<br>But it was a swinging tune<br>And it's a hit tune<br>So we tried to do mack the knife<br><br>Ah, louis miller<br>Oh, something about cash<br>Yeah, miller, he was spending that trash<br>And macheath dear, he spends like a sailor<br>Tell me, tell me, tell me<br>Could that boy do, something rash<br><br>Oh bobby darin, and louis armstrong<br>They made a record, oh but they did<br>And now ella, ella, and her fellas<br>We're making a wreck, what a wreck<br>Of mack the knife<br><br>{louis armstrong imitation}<br>Oh snookie taudry, bah bah bah nop do bo de do<br>Bah bah bah nop do bo de do<br>Just a jack knife has macheath, dear<br>And do bo bo bah bah bah nop do bo de do {}<br><br>So, you've heard it<br>Yes, we've swung it<br>And we tried to<br>Yes, we sung it<br><br>You won't recognize it<br>It's a surprise hit<br>This tune, called mack the knife<br><br>And so we leave you, in berlin town<br>Yes, we've swung old mack<br>We've swung old mack in town<br>For the darin fans,<br>And for the louis armstrong fans, too<br>We told you look out, look out, look out<br>Old macheath's back in town