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"Mack the Knife" or "The Balla of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928. The song has become a popular standard.

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  • Grampa just wouldn't be Grampa if he wasn't always humming this 1959 winner by Bobby Darin
  • It seems to always be this song when my butcher shop puts me on hold
  • Ella forgot the words during a live version of this song from "The Threepenny Opera" but still made it a hit in '60
  • This song's lyrics contain such names as "Sukey Tawdry, Jenny Diver, Polly Peachum, Lucy Brown"
  • 3-word title of the 1959 Bobby Darin hit that starts "Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear"

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