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