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