一開始Ella Fitzgerald俏皮地如是說： Thank you. We'd like to do something for you now. We haven't heard a girl sing it. And since it's so popular, we'd like to try and do it for you. We hope we remember all the words.
接著她開始唱大家都很熟悉的The Threepenny Opera裡的"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 Oh, the shark bites with his teeth, dear Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy gloves though, wears Macheath dear So there's not, not a trace of red..............................後略。
然後Ella忘詞了，即興上場： Oh, what's the next chorus? To this song, now This is the one, now I don't know But it was a swinging tune And its a hit tune So we tried to do Mack The Knife Ah, Louis Miller Oh, something about cash Yeah, Miller, he was spending that trash And Macheath dear, he spends like a sailor Tell me, tell me, tell me Could that boy do, something rash Oh Bobby Darin, and Louis Armstrong They made a record, oh but they did And now Ella, Ella, and her fellas We're making a wreck, what a wreck Of Mack The Knife
還穿插模仿了Louis Armstrong： Oh Snookie Taudry, bah bah bah nop do bo de do bah bah bah nop do bo de do Just a jack knife has Macheath, dear And do bo bo bah bah bah nop do bo de do
So, you've heard it Yes, we've swung it And we tried to Yes, we sung it You won't recognize it It's a surprise hit This tune, called Mack The Knife And so we leave you, in Berlin town Yes, we've swung old Mack We've swung old Mack in town For the Darin fans, And for the Louis Armstrong fans, too We told you look out, look out, look out Old Macheath's back in town
以上，詳情請參考台北愛樂265期電子報。 另再附上Louis Armstrong 1959' "Mack the Knife".
