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 out of sight”
These words and their familiar melody bring memories of a very suave Bobby Darrin to mind, clicking his fingers and moving smoothly across the stage.
When I saw the song shared on a Facebook page, it triggered me to want to write a story about sharks, because at the time (and since, as it was then March 2014 in Perth), sharks were headline news. It made sense [Read more…] about Mack the Knife – the good, the bad and the ugly.