Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin' to call
Barrington Coleman· Craig Rutenberg· Damon Evans· Glyndebourne Chorus· Sir Simon Rattle· Johnny Worthy· Harolyn Blackwell· Cynthia Clarey· London Philharmonic Orchestra
Give him to me...Lissen to yo' daddy warn you...A woman is a sometime thing
Sir Simon Rattle· Damon Evans· Barrington Coleman· Marietta Simpson· Craig Rutenberg· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Mervin Wallace· Glyndebourne Chorus· Maureen Braithwaite· Johnny Worthy· Harolyn Blackwell
Here's the ol' crap shark...No, no, brudder
Damon Evans· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Sir Simon Rattle· Barrington Coleman· Johnny Worthy· Marietta Simpson· Cynthia Clarey
Here come the Big Boy
Cynthia Haymon· Cynthia Clarey· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Sir Simon Rattle· Glyndebourne Chorus· Johnny Worthy· Barrington Coleman· Craig Rutenberg· Damon Evans
Six to make
Damon Evans· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Cynthia Haymon· Johnny Worthy· Craig Rutenberg· Sir Simon Rattle· Barrington Coleman· Glyndebourne Chorus· Cynthia Clarey· Marietta Simpson
Jesus, he's killed him!...That you, Sportin' Life?
Cynthia Haymon· Damon Evans· Sir Simon Rattle· Cynthia Clarey· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Marietta Simpson
Where is brudder Robbins?...Come on, sister!
Maureen Braithwaite· Sir Simon Rattle· Cynthia Clarey· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Camelia Johnson· Craig Rutenberg· Marietta Simpson· Mervin Wallace· Cynthia Haymon· Harolyn Blackwell· Glyndebourne Chorus
Overflow, overflow
A saucer-burying set-up, I see
Glyndebourne Chorus· Maureen Braithwaite· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Craig Rutenberg· Mervin Wallace· Alan Tilvern· Sir Simon Rattle· Marietta Simpson· Cynthia Clarey· Ron Travis
Oh, the train is at the station
Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks
Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic...Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'
Marietta Simpson· Glyndebourne Chorus· Craig Rutenberg· Sir Simon Rattle· Cynthia Clarey· Paula Ingram· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Harolyn Blackwell
Lissen there, what I tells you...I hates yo' struttin' style
Marietta Simpson· Sir Simon Rattle· Glyndebourne Chorus· Cynthia Clarey· Damon Evans· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Craig Rutenberg
Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody?
Linda Thompson· Paula Ingram· Craig Rutenberg· Sir Simon Rattle· Cynthia Clarey· Cynthia Haymon· Maureen Braithwaite· Marietta Simpson· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Glyndebourne Chorus
Boy! Come here, boy!
Barrington Coleman· Cynthia Clarey· Sir Simon Rattle· Linda Thompson· Harolyn Blackwell· Glyndebourne Chorus· Ted Maynard· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Craig Rutenberg
Buzzard keep on flyin' over
'Lo Bess, goin' to picnic?
Damon Evans· Cynthia Haymon· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Sir Simon Rattle
Honey, we sure goin' strut our stuff today!...Bess, you is my woman now
Oh, I can't sit down
Glyndebourne Chorus· Marietta Simpson· Sir Simon Rattle· Craig Rutenberg· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Cynthia Haymon· Willard White
I ain't got no shame
It ain't necessarily so...Shame on you sinners
Damon Evans· Cynthia Clarey· Marietta Simpson· Glyndebourne Chorus· Sir Simon Rattle· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Craig Rutenberg
Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for
Craig Rutenberg· Marietta Simpson· Colenton Freeman· Glyndebourne Chorus· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Sir Simon Rattle
Take yo' han's off me
Sir Simon Rattle· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Cynthia Clarey· Cynthia Haymon· Mervin Wallace· Marietta Simpson
Oh, doctor Jesus
Cynthia Clarey· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Sir Simon Rattle· Mervin Wallace· Maureen Braithwaite
Oh dey's so fresh an' fine
Sir Simon Rattle· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Marietta Simpson· Colenton Freeman· Mervin Wallace· Camelia Johnson· Anne Fridal· Paula Ingram
Porgy, Porgy, dat you there ain't it?
I wants to stay here
Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?
London Philharmonic Orchestra· Harolyn Blackwell· Marietta Simpson· Sir Simon Rattle
Doctor Jesus
Michael Forest· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Linda Thompson· Harolyn Blackwell· Camelia Johnson· Craig Rutenberg· Glyndebourne Chorus· Damon Evans· Cynthia Clarey· Maureen Braithwaite· Sir Simon Rattle
One of these mornings you goin' to rise up singin'
Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'
Sir Simon Rattle· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Marietta Simpson· Maureen Braithwaite· Barrington Coleman· Mervin Wallace· Linda Thompson
You is a nice parcel of Christians!
Craig Rutenberg· Cynthia Clarey· Cynthia Haymon· Glyndebourne Chorus· Sir Simon Rattle· Hyacinth Nicholls· London Philharmonic Orchestra
A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump its track
All right, I'm goin' out to get Clara...Oh, Doctor Jesus
Glyndebourne Chorus· Camelia Johnson· Craig Rutenberg· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Paula Ingram· Linda Thompson· Michael Forest· Sir Simon Rattle
Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted...You low-life skunk, ain' you got no shame
London Philharmonic Orchestra· Damon Evans· Sir Simon Rattle· Marietta Simpson· Craig Rutenberg· Glyndebourne Chorus
Wait for us at the corner
Cynthia Clarey· Billy J Mitchell· Sir Simon Rattle· Alan Tilvern· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Paula Ingram
Come out here, both of you
Billy J Mitchell· Sir Simon Rattle· Alan Tilvern· London Philharmonic Orchestra
Oh, Lawd, what I goin' do?....Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face!
Sir Simon Rattle· Cynthia Haymon· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Ron Travis· Damon Evans
Listen: there's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York
Sir Simon Rattle· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Damon Evans· Cynthia Haymon
Good mornin', sistuh!... It's Porgy comin' home
London Philharmonic Orchestra· Craig Rutenberg· Glyndebourne Chorus· Sir Simon Rattle· Barrington Coleman· Colenton Freeman· Hyacinth Nicholls
Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby
London Philharmonic Orchestra· Sir Simon Rattle· Maureen Braithwaite
Bess is gone
Marietta Simpson· Barrington Coleman· London Philharmonic Orchestra· Sir Simon Rattle· Craig Rutenberg· Cynthia Clarey· Maureen Braithwaite· Glyndebourne Chorus
Oh Lawd, I'm on my way