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