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