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