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