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