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