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