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