- [last lines]
- Street Singer: Happy endings, nice and tidy, its a rule I, Learnt in school. Just get your money every Friday, happy endings are the rule. Keep on smiling, go home singing, and remember, that in life; you can love him, or you can hate him, but they'll always be Mack the Knife!
- MacHeath: John is a goner and Jimmy is dead,
- Tiger Brown: And George went crazy with the shooting.
- MacHeath: But bloody is blood and red is bloody red,
- Tiger Brown: And the Army goes on and on recruiting!