Scarlet billows start to spread
Could that someone be Mack the Knife?
Now d'ja hear 'bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe
Oh, that cement is just, it's there for the weight, dear
Lies a body just oozin' life, eek
After drawin' out all his hard-earned cash
Could it be our boy's done somethin' rash?
I said Jenny Diver, whoa, Sukey Tawdry
Now that Macky's back in town
Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Now Jenny Diver, ho, ho, yeah, Sukey Tawdry
And someone? sneakin' 'round the corner
Five'll get ya ten old Macky's back in town
And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
Now that Macky's back in town
You know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
So there's never, never a trace of red
Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe
Ooh, Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Ah, there's a tugboat, huh, huh, down by the river don'tcha know
Where a cement bag's just a'drooppin' on down
Yes, that line forms on the right, babe
Oh, the line forms on the right, babe
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it, ah, out of sight
Now on the sidewalk, huh, huh, whoo sunny morning, un huh