Discover the story of the song > Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin

The song tells the story of a man named Macheath, who is also known as Mack the Knife. He is a dangerous man who carries a jackknife hidden away, and when he attacks his victims, there is never any blood. As Mack comes back to town, people start to disappear and there are suspicions that it is due to his doing. Women named Jenny Diver, Suky Tawdry, Miss Lotte Lenya, and Lucy Brown are mentioned as being involved with Mack in some way.