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