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