Escrita por Bertold Brecht e Kurt Weill, foi lançada pela primeira
vez em Berlin em 1928. A nossa versão é o número 1 dos charts
americanos e britânicos por Bobby Darin. Foi regravada também em
1956 por Louis Armstrong.
Bobby Darin gravou-a em 19 de dezembro de 1958 e lançou-a em agosto
de 1959 no compacto que tinha Was there a call for me como Lado B.
Bobby chegou a ganhar um Grammy como o melhor disco do ano. Frank
Sinatra, que iria gravar a música anos depois, disse que a melhor
versão da música foi mesmo a de Bobby Darin.
É a canção de número 251 do ranking da revista Rolling Stone das
500 maiores canções de todos os tempos. A versão de Darin foi
colocada na National Recording Registry, da Library of Congress, em
2016.
Foi regravada por Ella Fitzgerald, Robbie Williams, Dave Van Ronk,
Tony Bennett, Bing Crosby, Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave, Dr. John,
Kevin Spacey, Michael Bublé, entre outros artistas.
A letra:
Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it, ah, out of sight
Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe
So there's never, never a trace of red
And it shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it, ah, out of sight
Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe
So there's never, never a trace of red
Now on the sidewalk,
huh, huh, whoo sunny morning, un huh
Lies a body just oozin' life, eek
And someone's sneakin' 'round the corner
Could that someone be Mack the Knife?
Lies a body just oozin' life, eek
And someone's sneakin' 'round the corner
Could that someone be Mack the Knife?
There's a tugboat, huh,
huh, down by the river don'tcha know
Where a cement bag's just a'drooppin' on down
Oh, that cement is for, just for the weight, dear
Five'll get ya ten old Macky's back in town
Now d'ja hear 'bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe
After drawin' out all his hard-earned cash
And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
Could it be our boy's done somethin' rash?
Where a cement bag's just a'drooppin' on down
Oh, that cement is for, just for the weight, dear
Five'll get ya ten old Macky's back in town
Now d'ja hear 'bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe
After drawin' out all his hard-earned cash
And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
Could it be our boy's done somethin' rash?
Now Jenny Diver, ho,
ho, yeah, Sukey Tawdry
Ooh, Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Oh, that line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky's back in town
Ooh, Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Oh, that line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky's back in town
I said Jenny Diver,
whoa, Sukey Tawdry
Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Yes, that line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky's back in town
Look out, old Macky's back
Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Yes, that line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky's back in town
Look out, old Macky's back
A versão de Bobby
Darin:
A versão de Frank
Sinatra:
A versão de Michael
Bublé:
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