MACK THE KNIFE

MACK  THE KNIFE
                                                                          
                                  ~1~
OH, THE  SHARK  HAS  PRETTY  TEETH, DEAR
AND  HE  SHOWS  THEM  PEARLY  WHITE
JUST  A  JACK-KNIFE  HAS  MACHEATH, DEAR
AND  HE  KEEPS  IT  OUT  OF  SIGHT
~2~
WHEN  THE  SHARK  BITES  WITH  HIS  TEETH, DEAR
SCARLET  BILLOWS  START  TO  SPREAD
FANCY  GLOVES, THOUGH  WEARS  MACHEATH, DEAR
SO  THERE'S  NOT  A...  NOT  A  TRACE  OF  RED
~3~
ON  THE  SIDE-WALK  SUNDAY  MORNING
LIES  A  BODY  OOZING  LIFE
SOMEONE'S  SNEAKING  'ROUND  THE  CORNER
IS  THE  SOMEONE  MACK  THE  KNIFE
~4~
FROM  A  TUG-BOAT  BY  THE  RIVER
A  CEMENT  BAG'S  DROPPING  DOWN
THE  CEMENT'S  JUST  FOR  THE  WEIGHT, DEAR
BUT  YOU  MACKIE'S  BACK  IN  TOWN
~5~
LOUIE  MILLER  DISAPPEARED, DEAR
AFTER  DRAWING  OUT  HIS  CASH
AND  MACHEATH  SPENDS  LIKE  A  SAILOR
DID  OUR  BOY  DO  SOMETHING  RASH ?
~6~
SUKEY  TAWDRY, JENNY  DIVER
POLLY  PEACHUM, LUCY  BROWN
OH, THE  LINE  FORMS  ON  THE  RIGHT, DEAR
NOW  THAT  MACKIE'S  BACK  IN  TOWN