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