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