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