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: : Bibliography: : : Brecht, Bertolt. The Threepenny Opera (translated by Vesey, Desmond and Bently, Eric). 1960, : : Eric Bently. Indiana University Press. : : Brecht, Bertolt. The Threepenny Opera(Translated by Manheim, Ralph and Willett, John). 1994, : : Arcade Paperbacks : : Brustein, Robert. The Theater of Revolt. 1964, Atlantic Monthly Press/ Little, Brown and : : Company : : Esslin, Martin. Brecht: A Man and His Work. 1961, Anchor Books : : Fuegi, John. Brecht & Co. : , Politics, and the Making of the Modern Drama. 1994, Grove : : Press : : Gay, John. The Beggar's Opera. 1962, Barron's Educational Series : : Pabst, G.W. The Threepenny Opera (Screenplay). 1984, Lorrimer Publishing Limited : : Playbill: Lunt-Fontanne Theater. Vol 89. Num 11. November 1989 : : Rudnitsky, Konstantin. Russian and Soviet Theater 1905-1932. 1988. Thames and Hudson Ltd : : Taylor, Ronald. Kurt Weill: Composer in a Divided World. 1991, Simon & Schuster Ltd. : : : : Ballad of Mack the knife (Trans. John Willett): : : See the shark has teeth like razors : : All can read his open face : : And Macheath has got a knife, but : : Not in such an obvious place : : See the shark, How red his fins are : : As he slashes at his prey : : Mac the Knife wears white kid gloves which : : Give the minimum away : : By the Thames turbid waters, : : Men abruptly tumble down : : IIs it plague, or is it cholera? : : Or a sign Macheath's in town? : : On a beautyful blue Sunday, : : See a corpse stretched on the Strand : : See a man dodge around the corner... : : Mackie's friend's will understand. : : And Schul Meier who is missing : : Like so many wealthy men: : : Mack the knife aquired his cashbox : : God alone knows how or when : : Jenny Towler turned up lately : : With a knife stuck in her : : While Macheath walked the embankment, : : Nonchalantly unimpressed : : Where is Alfred Gleet the cabman? : : Who can get that story clear? : : All the world may know the answer, : : but Macheath has no idea : : And the ghastly fire in Soho, : : Seven children at a go--- : : In the crowd stands Mac the knife, but : : He's not asked and doesn't know : : And the child bride in her nightie, : : Whose ailant's still at large : : Violated in her slumbers--- : : Mackie how much did you charge? : : : : Mack the Knife(M.Blitzen/L.Armstrong/ B.Darin version): : : Oh the shark has/ Pretty teeth dear : : And he keeps them/ Pearly white : : And a jackknife/ Has Macheath dear : : and he keeps it/ out of sight : : When the shark bites/ with it's teeth dear : : scarlet billows/ start to spread : : Fancy gloves though/ Wears Macheath dear : : So there's not a trace/ of red : : On the sidewalk/ Sunday morning : : Lies a body/ Oozing life : : Someone's sneaking/ Around the cornor : : Is that someone/ Mack the knife? : : There's a tugboat/ By the river : : Where cement bags/ drooping down : : The cement's/ just for the weight dear : : Now that Macheath/ Back in town : : Louie Miller/ Dissappeared dear : : After drawing/ Out his cash : : And Macheath spends/ Like a sailor : : Has our boy done/ Something rash? : : Suky Taudry, Jenny Diver, Lotty Lenya, and Lucy Brown : : The line forms/ on the right dear : : Now that Macheath/ Back in town : : The Ballad of Mac Tonight (McDonald's): : : When the clock strikes/ Half past six babe : : It's time to head for/ Golden light : : It's a good time/ For the great taste : : (Dinner) at Mcdonald's/ It's Mac Tonight! : : Come on make it right tonight.

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