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米国のジャズ歌手エラ・フィッツジェラルド(Ella Fitzgerald, 1917-1996)による、スウェーデンのストックホルムでの1963年のライブから。ドイツのブレヒトによる音楽劇『三文オペラ』冒頭の挿入歌。米国では1954年にブリッツスタインの英訳によりオフブロードウェイで上演された同劇がロングランとなって以降、ボビー・ダーリンやルイ・アームストロングなど名だたるミュージシャンにカバーされ、この歌は一躍ジャズのスタンダードナンバーとなりました。
英語歌詞:
Mack the Knife
Oh, the shark has pearly teeth, dear
And he shows them, pearly white
Just a jack knife has Macheath, 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 Macheath dear
So there's not gonna trace, not gonna trace of red
On the side walk, on Sunday mornig
Lies a body, oozin' life
Someone's sneaking' 'round the corner
Tell me could it be, could it be, could it be Mack the Knife?
Oh, a tugboat, hey, down by the river, don't ya know
A cement bag droppin' down
Oh, cement, just for the weight, dear
Betcha that cat called Mackie, oh, oh, Mackie he's back in town
Ah, Louie Miller, that cabby disappeared, dear
After drawin' out, drawin out his cash
And Macheath, dear, he spends like a sailor
Tell me, tell me did my boy do something rash?
Oh, Sukey Tawdry, and ol' Lucy Brown
Did you kill 'em?
Lucy Brown
Yes, the line forms on the right, dear
Look out there, Bobby Darin
Million folks singing a same song there
Bobby Darin and Louis Armstrong
They made a record, what a wreck-it-off, this song
And now Ella, Ella and her fellas
We're making a wreck, what a wreck, such a wreck of this same old song
Yes, we've swung it, we've swung it
We've swung old Mack, we've swung old Mack in town
And for you people here, here in Stockholm, Sweden
Hey, look out, look out, look out, look out, look out,
Old Mack is back, need to look out there
Old Macheath's back in town
He's back, back, back in town jZT_BtH7LWU |