1. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer

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1 1. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer The Ballad of Mack the Knife 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, though, wears old MacHeath, babe So there s nevah, nevah a trace of red. Now on the sidewalk uuh, huh whoo sunny mornin uuh, huh Lies a body just oozin life eeek! And someone s sneakin round the corner Could that someone be Mack the Knife? A-there s a tugboat huh, huh, huh down by the river don tcha know Where a cement bag s just a droopin on down Oh, that cement is just, it s there 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, the line forms on the right, babe Now that Macky s back in town. Aah 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 is back!! 2 Marterl Here lies the virgin Johanna Beck. When she died, she had already lost her innocence. Men were not good to her. This is why she left life. Rest in peace, Rest in peace

2 3. Oh think it over, Mister Jack O Brien from THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY Ach, bedenken Sie, Herr Jack O Brien Oh, think it over, Mister Jack O Brien Oh, think it over, Mister Jack O Brien Think it over, what you could get for 30 Dollars! Ten pair of socks and nothing else! I am from Havana. My mother was a white woman. She said often to me: My child, don t sell yourself for a few dollars, like I did. Look what became of me. Oh, think it over, Mister Jack O Brien! Oh, think it over, Mister Jack O Brien! 4. The Bilbao Song That old bilbao moon, I won t forget it soon That old bilbao moon, just like a big balloon That old bilbao moon would rise above the dune While tony s beach saloon rocked with an old-time tune We d sing a song the whole night long and I can still recall Those were the greatest (those were the greatest) Those were the greatest (those were the greatest) Those were the greatest nights of them all No paint was on the door (no paint was on the door) The grass grew through the floor (the grass grew through the floor) Of tony s two by four (of tony s two by four) On the bilbao shore (on the bilbao shore) But there were friends galore (howdy do, howdy do) And there was beer to pour (chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug) And moonlight on the shore (and the moon shines above) That old bilbao shore (on the shore, not the floor) We d sing all night with all our might and I can still recall Those were the greatest (those were the greatest) Those were the greatest (those were the greatest) Those were the greatest nights of them all That old bilbao moon, I won t forget it soon That old bilbao moon, just like a big balloon That old bilbao moon would rise above the dune While tony s beach saloon rocked with an old-time tune We d sing all night with all our might and I can still recall Those were the greatest (those were the greatest) Those were the greatest (those were the greatest) Those were the greatest nights of them all

3 5. My Ship Lady in the Dark My ship has sails that are made of silk The decks are trimmed with gold And of jam and spice There's a paradise in the hold My ship's aglow with a million pearls And rubies fill each bin The sun sits high in a sapphire sky When my ship comes in I can wait the years till it appears One fine day one spring But the pearls and such They don't mean much If there's missing just one thing I do not care if that day arrives That dream need never be If the ship I sing Doesn't also bring My own true love to me 6. Foxtrot / Scene au Dancing Marie Galante (Piano Solo) 7.J attends un navire (I m waiting for a ship) I m waiting for a ship that will come, Driven by the beating of my sighing heart, By the welling of my tears. And if the sea wants to destroy My ship As it comes in, I ll carry it away In my arms as far as Bordeaux! 8.Je ne t aime pas I DON T LOVE YOU (Je net aime pas) Pull your hand back, I don t love you For you wanted it, you re just a (female) friend

4 The hollows of your hands, your dear kiss And your sleeping head are for others. Don t talk to me at night Not too intimately nor even in a whisper Do not give me your handkerchief It carries too much the fragrance I love Tell me your loves, I don t love you What hour was the headiest to you? I don t love you And if he didn t love you, or he was ungrateful While telling me, don t be charming I don t love you... I didn t cry, I didn t suffer It was only a dream and an extravagance I ll only need your eyes to be bright Without evening regret nor melancholy I ll only need to see your happiness I ll only need to see your smile Tell me how he took your heart away And tell me what can t be said No, shut up rather. I m down on my knees The fire went out, the door is shut... I don t love you Don t ask me anything, I m crying. That s all... I don t love you I don t love you, beloved Pull your hand back, I don t love you I don t love you 9. Lonely House Street Scene (Piano Solo) 10.SPEAK LOW Speak low When you speak love Our summer day Withers away Too soon, too soon Speak low When you speak love

5 Our moment is swift Like ships adrift, Were swept apart Too soon Speak low Darling speak low Love is a spark Lost in the dark Too soon, too soon I feel Wherever i go That tomorrow is here Tomorrow is near And always too soon Time is so old And love s so brief Love is pure gold And time a thief. We re late, Darling we re late The curtain descends, Everything ends Too soon, too soon I wait, Darling i wait When you speak low to me, Speak love to me and soon 11.Es regnet It is raining I am not asking anything. I am not allowed to ask. Because you said to me: Don t ask! But as soon as I hear your car, I think: Say I something or don t I say anything? You can see everything in his face. Do you think only the lips talk? Eyes are like glass in a windod. You can see through them. When you close your eyes, it is even worse. My eyes hear something. Something different than my ears. I am born for pain. Let my face look through the window. The sun can t shine anymore. It is raining, says the glass in the window. It only says what it thinks! Let us cry together.cry together 12.Was die Matrosen sagen Sailor Song With the first light and the little fragile moon I was out on the porch now I m ready for doom

6 And it s funny how it all came to be The way you so plainly chose to stare at me And the afternoon embraces you like a million worried hands And I want to look forward go discover foreign land In the mirror I was balancing on tiny strings It looks silly but oh really it s just a physical thing So tell me why you d ask me to do as I please I would rather fall backwards and forget everything And I ve tried to call on you when I know you re not home I m not ready for this but it s the way it goes It was easier when I knew nothing of what I d missed You re so happy I can see it and that s the worst part of it So let her take you out on sea I will wave to you from the harbor oh little silly me The sailors leave in the morning I ll be waiting for you all night The ship sets off in the morning I ll be waiting for you all right 13.Pirate Jenny You people can watch while I m scrubbing these floors And I m scrubbin the floors while you re gawking Maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell In this crummy Southern town, in this crummy old hotel But you ll never guess to who you re talkin. No. You couldn t ever guess to who you re talkin. Then one night there s a scream in the night And you ll wonder who could that have been And you see me kinda grinnin while I m scrubbin And you say, What s she got to grin? I ll tell you. There s a ship, the black freighter with a skull on its masthead will be coming in. You gentlemen can say, Hey gal, finish them floors!

7 Get upstairs! What s wrong with you! Earn your keep here! You toss me your tips and look out to the ships But I m counting your heads as I m making the beds Cuz there s nobody gonna sleep here, honey Nobody! Nobody! Then one night there s a scream in the night And you say, Who s that kicking up a row? And ya see me kinda starin out the winda And you say, What s she got to stare at now? I ll tell ya. There s a ship, the black freighter turns around in the harbor shootin guns from her bow Now you gentlemen can wipe that smile off your face Cause every building in town is a flat one This whole frickin place will be down to the ground Only this cheap hotel standing up safe and sound And you yell, Why do they spare that one? Yes, that s what you say. Why do they spare that one? All the night through, through the noise and to-do You wonder who is that person that lives up there? And you see me stepping out in the morning Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair. And the ship, the black freighter runs a flag up its masthead and a cheer rings the air By noontime the dock is a-swarmin with men comin out from the ghostly freighter They move in the shadows where no one can see And they re chainin up people and they re bringin em to me askin me, Kill them NOW, or LATER? Askin ME! Kill them now, or later? Noon by the clock and so still by the dock You can hear a foghorn miles away

8 And in that quiet of death I ll say, Right now. Right now! Then they ll pile up the bodies And I ll say, That ll learn ya! And the ship, the black freighter disappears out to sea And on it is me. 14.Denn, wovon lebt der Mensch What keeps Mankind alive You gentlemen who think you have a mission To purge us of the seven deadly sins Should first sort out the basic food position Then start your preaching, that s where it begins Your lot who preach restraint and watch your waist as well Should learn for once, the way the world is run However much you twist or whatever lies that you tell Food is the first thing, morals follow on So first make sure that those who are now starving Get proper helpings when we all start carving What keeps mankind alive? What keeps mankind alive? The fact that millions are daily tortured Stifled, punished, silenced and oppressed Mankind can keep alive thanks to its brilliance In keeping its humanity repressed And for once you must try not to shrink the facts Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts 15. Marterl The Berlin Requiem (Piano Solo, Reprise) 16.Zuhaelter Ballade Pimps Ballad The Threepenny Opera There was a time, and now it s all gone by When we two lived together, she and I The way we were, was just the way to be

9 I cared for her, and she took care of me And that arrangement seemed to work perfectly The milkman rang the bell, I got out of bed I opened up her purse, paid him what he said I had a glass of milk, and back in bed I d climb You understand she was out working all the time And so we lived, me and my little mouse In that snug two by four where we kept house That was a time, and now it s all gone by When we were poor but happy, he and I But when the day would bring no job to me He d curse and say how lazy can you be I ll let him huff and puff I ve worked long enoguh But when he drank too much, I d get kinda grim And shout the house down how I stood a clown like him And then he d turn around and try to bite my arm And I would kick him in the teeth, meaning no harm It was so sweet to be his little spouse In that foul two by four where played house Oh happy time and now it s all gone by Until we quit each other, you and I You stayed in bed all day and don t you smirk You know we said that you d do all the work Now sleep s for the night they say It ain t bad by day So then I had my fill, swore I wouldn t stir It looked like soon I would be taking care of her You d think a woman had a right to have one gripe You left me flat. Well I just ain t the working type We locked the door and each commenced to roam Goodbye sweet two by four that we called home 17.Surabaya Johnny I had just turned sixteen that season When you came up from Burma to stay And you told me I ought to travel with you You were sure it would be okay When I asked how you earned your living I can still hear what you said to me

10 You had some kind of job on the railway And had nothing to do with the sea You said a lot, Johnny, all one big lie, Johnny You cheated me blind, Johnny From the minute we met, I hate you so, Johnny When you stand there grinning, Johnny Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat Surabaya Johnny, no one s meaner than you Surabaya Johnny, my God and I still love you so Surabaya Johnny, why am I feeling so blue? You have no heart, Johnny and I still love you so At the start, every day was Sunday Till we went on our way one fine night And before two more weeks were over You thought nothing I did was right So we trekked up and down through the Punjab From the source of the river to the sea When I look at my face in the mirror There s an old woman staring back at me You didn t want love, Johnny, you wanted cash, Johnny But I sewed your lips, Johnny and that was that You wanted it all, Johnny, I gave you more, Johnny Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat Surabaya Johnny, no one s meaner than you Surabaya Johnny, my God and I still love you so Surabaya Johnny, why am I feeling so blue? You have no heart, Johnny and I still love you so I would never have thought of asking How you d got that peculiar name But from one end of the coast to the other You were known everywhere we came And one day in a two bit flophouse I ll wake up to the roar of the sea And you ll leave without one word of warning

11 On a ship waiting down at the quay You have no heart, Johnny, you re just a louse, Johnny How could you go, Johnny and leave me flat? You re still my love, Johnny, like the day we met, Johnny Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat Surabaya Johnny, no one s meaner than you Surabaya Johnny, my God and I still love you so Surabaya Johnny, why am I feeling so blue? 18 Kanonen Song Cannon Song Johnny joined up and Jimmy was there and George got a Seargant s rating Don t give your right name the Army don t care And the life is so fascinating Let s all go barmy, live off the Army See the world we never saw If we get feeling down we wander into town And if the population should greet us with indignation We chop em to bits because we like our hamburgers raw Johnny got drunk on a gallon of gin and Jimmy did not drink tea and George replied with a right to the chin For the army is just a pink tea Let s all go barmy, live off the Army See the world we never saw If we get feeling down we wander into town And if the population should greet us with indignation We chop em to bits because we like our hamburgers raw Johnny is missing Jimmy is dead and George went crazy shooting But blood is blood and red is red And the army is still recruiting. Let s all go barmy, live off the Army See the world we never saw If we get feeling down we wander into town And if the population should greet us with indignation We chop em to bits because we like our hamburgers raw 19.Die Moritat von Mackie Messer The Ballad of Mack the Knife (Reprise)

12 20.Encore September Song When I was a young man courting the girls I played me a waiting game If a maid refused me with tossing curls I d let the old Earth make a couple of whirls While I plied her with tears in lieu of pearls And as time came around she came my way As time came around, she came Oh, it s a long long while from May to December But the days grow short when you reach September When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame And you ain t got time for waiting game When days dwindle down to a precious few September November, And these few golden days I d share with you Those golden days I share with you When you meet with the young girls early in the Spring You court them in song and rhyme They answer with words and a clover ring But if you could examine the goods they bring They have little to offer but the songs they sing And the plentiful waste of time of day A plentiful waste of time Oh, it s a long, long while from May to December But the days grow short when you reach September When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame One hasn t got time for the waiting game Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few September, November And these few precious days I ll spend with you These precious days I ll spend with you