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