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