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I do not know how many of you are famillar with the song Mack the Knife, it is a bit of an oldie, This is just a little bit of intresting trivia I had come acorss. The song Mack the Knife, was originally written for and used in a song for an Opera that was preformed by thives, highwaymen and prostintues, in fact many of the names referenced in the song were the name of prostitues that preformed in the opera.
And just for kicks here are the lyrics:
Oh the shark has pretty teeth dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jack-knife has Mac-heath dear
And he keeps it out of sight
When the shark bites with his teeth dear
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves though wears Mac-heath dear
So there's not a trace of red
On the sidewalk Sunday morning
Lies a body oozing life
Someone's sneaking 'round the corner
Is the someone Mack the Knife
From a tugboat by the river
A cement bag's dropping down
The cement's just for the weight dear
Bet you Mackies's back in town
Louis Miller disappeared dear
After drawing out his cash
And Mac-heath spends like a sailo
Did our boy do something rash
Sukey Tawdry, Jenny Diver
Polly Peachum Lucy Brown
O the line forms on the right dear
Now that Mackie's back in town
10:26 PM - 10/4/2007 -
It's my favorite
I actually have two versions on my playlist. I like another version better however. That one starts with:
"Oh the shark has teeth like razors
All can read its open face
And Macheath has just a knife, but
Not in such an obvious place"
While of the version you put up the first verse is better, the other version beats it in the rest of the song." It's also much closer to the original German version by Bertolt Brecht.
Another great song from the Threepenny Opera is Pirate Jenny.
dutchboy - 6:35 AM - 10/5/2007
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