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