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