- Music written by
- Kurt Weill
- Lyrics written by
- Bertolt Brecht
- Language
- German
- Comments
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From the opera Die Dreigroschenoper and sung by the "Moritatensänger".
Most sources claim Lotte Lenya sang the first version of this song. However, we believe this is incorrect. The confusion is probably due to the fact that she was in the original cast (as "Jenny") and that she recorded the song in the fifties. In the German 1931 film version of "Die Dreigroschenoper" the work was performed by Ernst Busch. - Licensing
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Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
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Moritat von Mackie Messer written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht German August 31, 1928
- Mornar Mackie written by Mario Kinel Croatian 1962
- Mackie Messer written by Jiří Suchý Czech 1960
- Moordballade written by Willy van Hemert Dutch 1963
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The Ballad of Mack the Knife
written by Marc Blitzstein
English
March 10, 1954
- Mack the Bomb written by Nancy Schimmel English
- Moritat (Mack the Knife) written by Eric Bentley English 1962
- Drac the Knife written by Gene Moss, Fred Rice English 1964
- Ballad of Mac the Knife written by John Willett, Ralph Manheim English April 9, 1976
- Puukko Mackie written by Sauvo Puhtila Finnish
- La complainte de Mackie written by André Mauprey, Ninon Steinhoff French 1931
- La complainte de Mackie written by Boris Vian French 1964
- Da Gschwinde written by Tini Kainrath German November 3, 2011
- Ο Μακ ο μαχαιροβγάλτης written by Παύλος Μάτεσης Greek, Modern (1453-) 1979
- מקי סכינאי {Mack hasakinay} written by Avraham Shlonsky Hebrew 1974
- Mackie hnífur written by Sigurður A. Magnússon Icelandic 1966
- Moritat (La ballata di Mack) written by Ettore Carrera Italian 1956
- Dersom jeg var blitt statsminister written by Jan Erik Vold Norwegian 2005
- Straszna pieśń o Mackiem Majchrze written by Roman Kołakowski Polish May 7, 2001
- Assalto written by Alberto Ribeiro [BR] Portuguese 1960
- Džek nož written by Miodrag Jakovljević Serbian 1963
- Mackie el Navaja written by unknown author(s) Spanish 1959
- Moritat written by unknown author(s) Spanish 1960
- Mackie navaja written by Bertín Osborne Spanish November 13, 2015
- Mackie kniven written by Curt Berg Swedish April 1956
- Upp till kamp för musiken written by Gösta Linderholm Swedish July 1974
- Och jag lever written by Alf Robertson Swedish 1978
- Dicsi'r Clustie written by Gruffydd Meils Welsh 1970