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