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Now on the sidewalk, ha ha, woo sunny morning, ah ha.

Liza body just oozing life, eek.

And someone sneaking around the corner.

Could that someone be Mac the Knife?

That's a selection of lyrics from Mac the Knife.

A pitch black song about a serial murderer

composed by two German leftists

as part of a Marxist post-World War I opera.

The song and isolation was translated to English

and became a hit in the United States

after the Second World War,

performed first by swing legend Louis Armstrong

and later by Lounsinger Bobby Daren.

In 1986, the world's largest and most powerful fast food outlet

needed a new ad campaign for its signature burger

and opted for a series of surreal spots

featuring a quarter moon-headed jazz pianist

named Mac tonight, who sang a jingle to the tune

of Mac the Knife.

The restaurant chain had grown exponentially

under the leadership of Ray Crock.

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