Duke Ellington
Elegy to an Honest Crook
[HOOKER]
Happy Mac to die today
Happy Mac to die
They finally caught up with him
Now he's gonna fry
Let's have a jubilee
Sing his praises
For baby, soon he will be history
[THE GANG]
Happy Mac to die today
A sorry sight to see
They're gonna give him quite a shock
Of electricity
He was an honest crook
Never cheated
Why, baby, you could say he wrote the book
[COZY COOL]
Mac was quite a ladies' man
Plainly oversexed
When he was done with one, he'd say
"Okay, who's next?"
We're gonna miss him so
Gonna miss him
But baby, everybody's got to go
[JENNY]
Here's the final note he wrote
Pay attention, please!
"I want you all to have a ball
The party's on me"
Now, let's cooperate
Like he wanted
So, babies, loosen up and celebrate!