"Da-doo-da" "Wa-wa, wa-wa" "Summertime and the livin' is easy" "Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high" "Oh yo' daddy's rich and yo' ma is good lookin'" "So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry" "One of these mornin's you're goin' to rise up singin'" "Then you'll spread yo' wings and you'll take the sky" "But till that mornin', there's a-nuttin' can harm you" "With Daddy and Mammy standing' by" "Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin' to call" "Roll dem bones, roll!" "It may be in the summertime and may be in the fall" "Roll dem bones, roll!" "But you got to leave yo' baby and yo' home and all" "So roll dem bones, oh my brudder, oh my brudder!" "Oh my brudder, roll dem bones!" "Roll!" "Seem like these bones don't give me nothin' but boxcars tonight" "It was the same two weeks ago, an' the game broke me" "I don't likes that kind o' luck!" "Damn you, give me dem bones!" "What do you say to these, Jake?" "Them the same cock-eyed bones what clean the game out last Saturday night" "If they rolls in this game, I rolls out" "Honey boy!" "Come on down, Robbins, we're waitin' for you" "Honey, don't play tonight." "Do like I say" "I been sweatin' all day." "Night time is man's time" "He got a right to forget his troubles" "He got a right to play" "If you hadn't been drinkin' you wouldn't talk to me that way" "You ain't nebber hear Lord Jesus say nothin' about got to play" "There you go again." "Lissen what I say" "I works all the week, Sunday got to pray" "But Saturday night a man's got a right to play" "A man's got a right to play" " Yes, sir, that's right" "That ole lady of mine is hell on saving' money to join the burying' lodge" "I says spend it while you is still alive and kickin'" "Lord, I is tired this night." "I's done with cotton" "Better come along with me on the Sea Gull" "I got room for another fisherman" " That suit me" "This cotton hook done swung its las' bale of cotton." "Here, who wants a cotton hook?" "Summertime and the livin' is easy" " Seven come, seven come to pappy!" "Throw that beautiful number!" "Come seven to me!" "Yeah, man!" "Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high" "I'll bet yo' wrong!" " I'll bet he's right!" " Gettin' hot!" "Oh, yo' daddy's rich..." " Come, seven!" "Shoot!" "An' yo' ma is good lookin'" "Made it!" "So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry" "Ol' man seven come down from heaven!" "Don' yo' cry!" "What, that child ain't asleep yet?" "Give him to me." "I'll fix him for you" "Lissen to yo' daddy warn you, 'fore you start a-travelling" "Woman may born you, love you and mourn you, but " "A woman is a sometime thing, yes, a woman is a sometime thing" "Oh, a woman is a sometime thing" "Yo' mammy is the first to name you" "Then she'll tie you to her apron string" "Then she'll shame you and she'll blame you till yo' woman comes to claim you, 'cause " "A woman is a sometime thing, yes, a woman is a sometime thing" "Oh, a woman is a sometime thing" "Don't you never let a woman grieve you" "Jus' 'cause she got yo' wedding' ring" "She'll love you and deceive you then she'll take yo' clothes and leave you, 'cause " "A woman is a sometime thing, yes, a woman is a sometime thing" "There now, what I tells you" "He's asleep already" "He got better sense than to listen to that nonsense" "Come back, Jake, you make a better crap shooter" "Here come de honey man." "Yes mam, dis de honey man" "You got honey in de comb?" "Yes mam, I got honey in de comb" "An' is yo' honey cheap?" "Yes mam, my honey very cheap" "Here come de honey man" "Hello, Peter!" " Well, here come my ol' man" "Now gimme the money!" "Now go sit and rest" "You Scipio!" "Here come Porgy." "Open the gate for him" "Here's the ol' crap shark!" "Now we'll have a game!" "Evenin' ladies, hello, boys!" "Luck been ridin' high with Porgy today" "I got a pocket full of the Buckra money and it's goin' to any man what got the guts to shoot it off me" "Get on down, son, we'll take it" "Lay it down" "All right, mens, roll 'em." "We done wait long enough" "You bes' wait for Crown" "I see him comin', takin' the whole sidewalk" "And he looks like he ain't gonna stand no foolin'" "Is Bess with him?" "Lissen to Porgy." "I think he's soft on Crown's Bess" "I ain't nebber swap two words with Bess" "Porgy got too good sense to look twice at that liquor guzzling' slut" "That gal Bess ain't fit for Gawd fearing' ladies to 'sociate with" "Can't you keep yo' mouth off Bess" "Between the Gawd fearing' ladies and the Gawd damnin' men that gal ain't got a chance" "Ain' I tell you Porgy soft on her?" "No, no, brudder" "Porgy ain't soft on no woman" "They pass by singin'" "They pass by cryin'" "Always lookin'" "They look in my do' an' they keep on movin'" "When Gawd make cripple, He mean him to be lonely" "Night time, day time, he got to trabble dat lonesome road" "Night time, day time, he got to trabble dat lonesome road" "Here comes Big Boy!" " 'Lo, Crown!" "'Lo, Bess!" "Hi, boys!" "All right, Sportin' Life, give us a pint and make it damn quick" "Pay him, Bess" "Drunk again!" "He sure loves his licker, but some day she's gonna throw him down" "That damn licker jus' as weak as water" "See that hussy drinkin' like any man!" "Here, Robbins, have one to the Gawd fearing' ladies" "There's nothin' like 'em, thank Gawd" "Oh, no, you don't." "Nobody ain't drinking' none of my licker" "All right, mens, I'm talkin' to you." "Anybody answering' me?" "Boxcars again" "Cover 'em, brother, cover 'em" "Cover hell!" "I'm goin' to pass 'em along and see if I can break my luck" "Robbins' lady ain't allow him but fifty cent and he can't take no chances with bad luck" "Dat's all right, honey boy" "I'll stake you when yo' four bits done gone" "Go ahead an' play." "You ain't need no charity off no she-devil" "See what I gets for you" "Yo' woman is easy when you knows the way" "Crapped out!" "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" "'Cause she got yo' wedding ring" "She'll love you and deceive you, take yo' clothes and leave you, 'cause " "A woman is a sometime thing" "Yes, a woman is a sometime thing" "That gal ain't need to worry 'bout no man marrying' her" "Some women got to marry a man to keep him" "Shut yo' damn mouth!" "You don't give Mingo a chance to talk to the bones" "Fade me" " Fade him, boys!" "Old snake-eye go off an' die" "Old man seven come down from heaven" "Seven!" "I ain't seen that seven yet." "You done turn 'em over" "What I throw?" " Seven" " He throw seven" "Well there's more than one big mouth to meet his Gawd for pulling' 'em in before I reads 'em, see!" "And I'm sayin' it over tonight" "Yo' mammy's gone and yo' daddy's happy" "Come home little bones, come home to pappy" "Four to make" "Come four!" "Crapped out" "I shoots like that" "Come clean, you little blackeyed bitches" "Six, six!" " Six to make!" "Kiss rabbit foot and show these tinhorns how to hit" "Crapped out, come to your pappy" "Crown too cock-eyed drunk to read 'em" "What the dice say, Bess?" "Seven" "I ain't drunk enough to read 'em" "That is the trouble" "Licker ain't strong enough." "Give me a pinch of happy dust, Sportin' Life" "Don't give him that stuff, Sportin' Life." "He ugly drunk already" "Pay him an' shut up" "Frien' an' dice an' happy dust ain't meant to 'sociate" "You mens bes' go slow" "Leave Peter be, let him alone" " He ain't mean no harm" "Huh, seven!" "Huh, seven!" "Huh, seven!" "'Leven come home, Fido!" "God damn it, I ain't read 'em yet" "Crown cockeyed drunk, he can't tell dice from a water melon" "Shut up!" "Six to make!" "Seven!" " Crapped out!" "Porgy shoots now" "Oh, little stars, little stars, roll, roll, roll me some light" "'Leven little stars, come home, come home" "Roll dis poor beggar a sun an' a moon, a sun an' a moon" "Li'l Joe" "Oh, no, my brother, that ain't little Joe" "What is it den?" "They is the mornin' and the evenin' stars" "An' just you watch 'em rise and shine for this poor beggar" "Turn me loose!" "Made 'em!" "Roll up that bastard's sleeve" "Well, you got them damn dice, conjer then" "Boy, boy, boy, I'm a crap shooting' idiot" "Crapped out!" " Rolled out!" "Nine to make, come nine!" "Read 'em." "Nine spot!" "Nine right!" "Touch that money an' meet yo' Gawd!" "Take yo' hand off me, you lousy houn'." "Han' me that brick behin' you" "Nobody's gettin' away with Crown's money." "I'm goin' to kill dat bastard!" "Oh, stop them!" "Don't let them fight!" "Oh, stop them, someone will get hurt!" "Why mus' they fight, won' somebody please goin' an stop dem now!" "Can't anybody make Crown stop?" "Lawd, please make dem stop!" "Jesus, he's killed him!" "Wake up an' hit it out." "You ain't got no time to lose" "What the matter?" "You done kill Robbins and the police will be comin'" "Where you goin' to hide?" "They know you an' I pulls together" "Some man always willin' to take care of Bess" "Well, get this:" "whoever he is, he's temporary" "I's comin' back when the hell dies down" "All right, only get out now" "Here, take this" "That you, Sportin' Life?" "Sure, and I's the only frien' you got left" "For Gawd's sake, give me a touch of happy dust" "I shakin' so I can hardly stand" "Listen, I'll be goin' to New York soon" "I'll hide you out and take you with me" "Why, you an' me will make a swell team" "I ain't come to dat yet" "Well, the cops ain't goin' to find me here for no woman" "You done bring trouble enough, get out before the police come" "You wouldn't have a heart and let me in?" "Not till hell freeze!" "Who live over there?" "That's Porgy" "He ain't no use to your kind, he's a cripple and a beggar" "Where is brudder Robbins?" "He's a-gone, gone, gone" "I seen him in de mornin' wid his work clo'es on" "But he's gone, gone, gone" "And I seen him in the noontime straight and tall" "But death a-come a-walkin' in the evenin' fall" "An' he's gone, gone, gone" "An' death touched Robbins wid a silver knife" "An' he's gone, gone, gone" "An' he's sittin' in de garden by de tree of life" "An' he's gone, gone, gone" "Robbins is gone" "Who's that a-comin' climbing' up my steps?" "It's Porgy, an' Bess is a-helpin' him" "What's that woman comin' here for?" "I don't need yo' money for to bury my man" "Dis ain't Crown's money" "Porgy give me my money now" "All right, then." "You can put it in the saucer" "Come on, sister, come on, brudder, fill up the saucer till it overflow" "Overflow, overflow." "Fill up de saucer till it overflow" "Yes, my Jesus, overflow" "'Cause de Lawd will meet you" "Yes, de Lawd will meet you at the court-house do'" "Court-house do', court-house do'" "De Lawd will meet you at the court-house do'" "Yes, my Jesus, court-house do'" "How de saucer stand now, my sister?" "Fourteen dollars an' fifty cent" "Dat's a-comin' on, sister, you can bury him soon" "What am I goin' to do if we ain' got the money?" "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" "Bless de Lawd!" "An' he goin' soffen dese people heart for to fill up de saucer till it spill all over" "Amen, my Jesus!" "De Lawd will provide a grave for his chillen" "Bless de Lawd!" "An' He got comfort for de widder" "Oh, my Jesus!" "An' he goin' feed his fadderless chillen" "Yes Lawd, truth Lawd!" "An' he goin' raise dis poor sinner up out of de grave" "Hallelujah!" "An' set him in de shining' seat of de righteous" "Amen, my Jesus!" "Overflow, overflow, oh fill up de saucer till it overflow" "Everybody helping' now, sending' our brudder to heaven" "Send down your angels, Lawd, oh Lawd!" "Robbins is risin' to heaven!" "Oh, suffering' Jesus!" "You knows right from wrong" "You knows Robbins was a good man, an' now he's weary an' he's goin' home" "Reach down yo' lovin' han' an' take our brudder to yo' bosom" "Oh yes, Lawd, bless you, Lawd!" "Thank you, Lawd!" "Lawd will fill de saucer" " Till it overflow" "A saucer-burying set-up, I see" "You're his widow?" " Yes, suh" "He did not leave any burial insurance?" "No, boss, he didn't leave nuttin'" "Well, see to it he's buried tomorrow" "You killed Robbins an' I'm going to hang you for it!" "He ain't done um!" " What he say?" "You kill Robbins" "Come along now!" "'Fore Gawd, boss, I ain't never done um!" "Who did it, then?" "You heard me, who did it?" "Crown done um, boss." "I done see him do it" "You're sure you saw him?" "I swear to Gawd, boss, I was right there close beside him" "That was easy, I thought as much" "You - you saw it too" "Come on, out with it!" "I don't want to have to put the law on you" "Look at me, you damn dummy!" "I don't know nuttin' 'bout it, boss" "That's your room in the corner, ain't it?" "Yes, boss, dat's my room" "The door opens on the court, don't it?" "Yes, boss, my door opens on the court" "An' yet you didn't see or hear anything?" "I don't know nuttin' 'bout it, boss" "I been asleep inside, an' my door been closed" "You're a damn liar!" "He saw the killing" "Take him along and lock him up as a material witness" "Come along, uncle" " I ain't never done it, boss" "How long you goin' lock him up for?" " Till we catch Crown" "I reckon Crown done loose now in de palmetto thickets an' dere ain' no rope long enough to hang him" "Then the old man's out of luck" "Remember, you've got to bury the body tomorrow or the board of health will take him and turn him over to the medical students" "Come on, get the old man in the wagon" "I ain't never done it, boss, I swear to Gawd I ain't done nuttin'" "I can't puzzle this thing out" "Peter was a good man, but dat lousy Crown was a killer an' forever gettin' into trouble" "That's the truth, brother" "But there go Peter to be lock up like a thief" "Like a thief!" "An' here be Robbins with his wife and his fadderless chillen an' Crown done gone his ways drinking', gambling', swearin' to do the same thing over and over somewheres else" "Gone, gone, gone" "My man's gone now, ain't no use a-listenin' for his tired footsteps climbing' up de stairs" "Ole Man Sorrow's come to keep me comp'ny" "Whispering beside me when I say my prayers" "Ain' dat I mind workin', work an' me is travellers" "Journeyin' togedder to de promise land" "But Ole Man Sorrow's marching' all de way wid me" "Tellin' me I'm ole now since I lose my man" "Since she lose her man" "Since I lose my man" "Ole Man Sorrow sittin' by de fireplace" "Lyin' all night long by me in my bed" "Tellin' me de same thing morning', noon an' evenin'" "That I'm all alone now since my man is dead" "Since my man is dead" "How de saucer stan' now, my sister?" "There ain't but fifteen dollar" "No, I can't bury him for fifteen dollar" "He got to be buried tomorrow or the board of health will take him and give him to the medical students" "Life is hard, brother, but we all got to live" "It cost money for to bury a grown man" "Oh, for Gawd sake, bury him in the graveyard" "Don't let the students take him to cut up an' scatter" "I goin' to work on Monday an' I swear to Gawd, I goin' pay you ev'ry cent" "All right, sister" "With the box an' one carriage it'll cost me more than twenty-five, but I'll see you through" "Jesus bless you, my brudder" "You can all be ready tomorrow mornin'" "It's a long trip to the cemetery" "Oh, he's gone, gone, gone" "Oh, the train is at the station an' you better get on board" "'Cause it's leavin' today" "Leavin' today, leavin' today" "Oh, the train is at the station an' you better get on board" "'Cause it's leavin' today" "And it's headin' for the Promise' Lan'" "Oh, we're leavin' for the Promise' Lan', leavin' for the Promise' Lan'" "Keep that driving' wheel a-rollin', rollin', let it roll" "Until we meet our brudder in the Promise' Lan', in the Promise' Lan'" "Oh, I got my ticket ready an' de time is gettin' short" "'Cause we're leavin' today" "Leavin' today, leavin' today" "Oh, I got my ticket ready an' de time is gettin' short" "'Cause we're leavin' today" "An' we're headed for the Promise' Lan'" "Oh, we're leavin' for the Promise' Lan', leavin' for the Promise' Lan'" "Keep that driving' wheel a-rollin', rollin', let it roll" "Until we meet our brudder in the Promise' Lan', in the Promise' Lan'" "Oh, we're leavin' for the Promise' Lan' an' you better get on board, all you sinners, oh, you better get on board" "'Cause we're leavin' for the Promise' Lan'" "Oh, I'm a-goin' out to the Blackfish banks, no matter what de wedder say" "An' when I say I'm goin' I means goin'" "An' I'm leavin' at de break o' day" "It take a long pull to get there, huh!" "It take a long pull to get there, but I'll anchor in de Promise' Lan'" "In de Promise' Lan'" "An' Lawdy, if I meet Mister Hurricane an' Hurricane tell me no," "I'll take ole Mister Hurricane by the pants" "An' I'll throw him in de jailhouse do'" "It take a long pull to get there, huh!" "It take a long pull to get there, but I'll anchor in de Promise' Lan'" "In de Promise' Lan'" "I got a blister on my sitting' down place, I got a blister in my han'" "But I'm gonna row dis little boat, trust me Gawd," "Till I anchor in de Promise' Lan'" "It take a long pull to get there, huh!" "It take a long pull to get there, but I'll anchor in de Promise' Lan'" "In de Promise' Lan'..." "Lan'!" "Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic" "Ain't you know de parade start up de block at ten o'clock?" "That's right, men." "Turn out tomorrow mornin' an' we'll push de Sea Gull clean to de Blackfish banks 'fore we wet de anchor" "Jake, you ain't plannin' to take de Sea Gull to de Blackfish banks, is you?" "It's time for de September storms" "How you think dat boy goin' get dat college education if I don' work hard an' make money?" "Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin', an' nuttin's plenty fo' me" "I got no car, I got no mule, I got no misery" "De folks wid plenty o' plenty got a lock on dey door" "'Fraid somebody's a-goin' to rob 'em while dey's out a-makin' more" "What for?" "I got no lock on de door, dat's no way to be" "Dey can steal de rug from de floor." "Dat's okeh wid me" "'Cause de things dat I prize, like de stars in de skies, all are free" "Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin', an' nuttin's plenty fo' me" "I got my gal, I got my song, got Hebben de whole day long" "No use complaining'!" "Got my gal, got my Lawd, got my song" "Porgy change since dat woman come to live with he" "How he change?" " He ain't cross with chillen no more" "An' ain't you hear how he an' Bess all de time singing' in their room?" "I tell you dat cripple's happy now" " Happy!" "I got plenty o' nuttin', an' nuttin's plenty fo' me" "I got de sun, I got de moon, got de deep blue sea" "De folks wid plenty o' plenty got to pray all de day" "Seems wid plenty you sure got to worry how to keep de debble away" "Away!" "I ain't a-frettin' 'bout hell till de time arrive" "Never worry long as I'm well" "Never one to strive to be good, to be bad" "What de hell, I is glad I's alive" "Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin', an' nuttin's plenty fo' me" "I got my gal, I got my song, got Hebben de whole day long" "No use complainin'" "Got my gal" " Got his gal" "I got my Lawd" " Got his Lawd" "Got my song!" "Lissen there, what I tells you" "Go 'long with you, dat woman ain't de kind for to make a cripple happy" "It take a killer like Crown to hold her down" "What d'you think you're doin'?" "Dat stuff cos' money" "Listen here, I ain' say nuttin' no matter how drunk you get dese boys roun' here on rotgut whiskey" "But nobody ain' goin' peddle happy dust 'roun' my shop" "Does you hear what I say?" "Oh, come on now, ole lady, le's you an' me be frien'" "Frien' wid you, low-life?" " Yeah!" "Hell, no!" "I hates yo' struttin' style" "Yes sir, and yo' god damn silly smile" "An' yo' ten cent di'mon's an' yo' fi' cent butts" "Oh, 'way, I hates yo' guts" "Somebody's got to carve you up to set these people free" "An' de writing' on the wall says it's a-goin' to be me" "Some night when you is full of gin an' don't know I's about" "I's goin' to take you by de tail an' turn you inside out" "Frien' wid you, low-life?" "Hell, no!" "Well I's figgerin' to break yo' bones" "Yes, sir - one by one" "An' then I's goin' to carve you up an' hang you in de sun" "I'll feed yo' meat to buzzards to give 'em belly aches" "An' take yo' bones to Kittiwah to pizen rattlesnakes" "Frien's wid you, low-life?" "I fears I mus' decline!" "I'd sooner cut mah own throat 'fore I call you friend of mine!" "Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody?" "Porgy live here, don't he?" "He sho' do, right over there's his room" "Here, Porgy, here's Lawyer Frazier to see you" "Mornin', Porgy" " Mornin', Lawyer" "Ain't that Crown's Bess in yo' room?" "No, sir, she ain't, she's Porgy's Bess" "Porgy's Bess, eh?" "Den I guess she'll be wantin' divorce" "If de woman livin' wid you now, she got to have divorce from Crown or else it ain't legal" "How much dat t'ing cost?" "One dollar." "Dat is, if there ain' no complications" "Bess, you likes to have divorce?" "What you think, Porgy?" "I'm a-goin' buy you a divorce" "Wait a minute, it ain't legal yet" "Yo' name?" " Bess!" "Yo' age?" "Twenty year" "Lord, Lord, listen what she say." "Dat girl's thirty if she's a day!" "You desire to be divorce from dat man Crown?" "Sho' she do, sho' she do, yes suh, yes suh, sho' she do!" "I'm askin' you" "Yes, boss, dat's true" "Address the court as "Yo' honor"" "Yes, yo' honour" "When was you an' Crown marry?" "I don't rightly remember, yo' honor" "One yeah, five yeah, ten yeah, what?" "Dat gal ain' never marry!" "Ah, dat's a complication!" "Dat's a complication, dat's a complication!" "Lord, Lord " "Dat is a complication" "You can't sell her divorce, gimme back my dollah!" "'Course I sells divorce." "You got no right to laugh" "But it take expert to divorce woman what ain't marry" "An' it cos' you dollar an' a half" "Don't pay him, Porgy." "Don't let him take you in" "All right, go on livin' in sin" "Good day to you, Missis Porgy" "Only dollar an' a half to change from woman to lady" "Woman to lady, woman to lady!" "Lord, Lord, woman to lady!" "Dey's a Buckra comin'" "What he say?" " A white gen'man" "Boy!" "Come here, boy!" "I'm looking for a man by the name of Porgy." "Which is his room?" "Come, don't you know Porgy?" "No, suh" "I'm looking for a man named Porgy." "Can you direct me to his room?" "Anybody here know a man name Porgy?" "Come, I'm a friend of his, Mister Archdale, I have good news for him" "Go 'long and wake Porgy" "Can't you tell folks when you see 'em?" "Oh, you mean Porgy!" "I ain' understanding' what name you say" "Oh, de gen'man mean Porgy" "Dat's him, boss, dat's ole Porgy" " A gen'man come to see you" "How you does, boss?" "Good morning, I've come to tell you about your friend Peter who got locked up on account of the Robbins murder" "How you come to care, boss?" "His folks used to belong to my fam'ly and I just heard he was in trouble" "He sho' got plenty of trouble" "Well, you can tell all of Peter's friends I'll go his bond" "He'll soon be back home again" "Thank you, boss." "Gawd bless you, boss." "Bless you, bless you!" "Good mornin', Mister Archdale" "Good morning, Frazier." "Hope you're not selling any more divorces" "He jus' made a lady out of Bess for a dollar an' a half" "I, Simon Frazier, hereby divorce Bess an' Crown for the charge of one dollar an' fifty cents cash" "Signed Simon Frazier" "Now look here, Frazier" "This divorce mill must close or I'll have to put you in jail" "I won't report you this time." "Good morning" "'Lo, Bess." "Goin' to picnic?" "No, guess I'll stay home" "Picnics is all right for these small town suckers but we is use to the high life, you know" "You an' me, we understand each other" "I can't see for the life of me what you is hangin' roun' this place for" "Why, with your looks, Bess, an' your way with the boys there's big money for you an' me in New York" "I can't remember ever meeting' a nothin' what I likes less than I does you" "Oh come on now, how about a little touch of happy dus' for old time sake?" "I's through with that stuff!" " Come on, give me yo' han'" "I tells you, I's through!" "Just a pinch, not enough to hurt a flea" "No, no, I done give up dope" "Tell that to somebody else, nobody ever gave up happy dus'" "Let go, you damn cripple!" "Gawd, what a grip for a piece of a man!" "Sportin' Life, you keep away from my woman or I'll break yo' damn neck!" "I'd like to see a lousy cripple like you break my neck" "If I get my hands on you once more, you'll see quick enough" "All right" "Yo' men frien's come an' they go" "But remember ole Sportin' Life an' de happy dus' here all along" "Get out, you rat, you louse, you buzzard!" "Honey, we sure goin' strut our stuff today!" "Be sure to come 'long to de picnic, Bess" "Bess, you is my woman now" "You is, you is!" "An' you mus' laugh an' sing an' dance for two instead of one" "Want no wrinkle on yo' brow, nohow" "Because de sorrow of de past is all done done" "Oh, Bess, my Bess, de real happiness is jes' begun" "Porgy, I's yo' woman now, I is, I is!" "An' I ain' never goin' nowhere 'less you shares de fun" "Dere's no wrinkle on my brow, nohow" "But I ain' goin'!" "You hear me sayin'" "If you ain' goin', wid you I'm stayin'" "Porgy, I's yo' woman now" "I's yours forever" "Mornin' time an' evenin' time an' summer time an' winter time" "Mornin' time an' evenin' time an' summer time an' winter time" "Bess, you got yo' man" "Porgy, I's yo' woman now" " Bess, you is my woman now an' forever, dis life is jes' begun" "Bess, we two is one, now an' forever" "Dere's no wrinkle on my brow" " Oh, Bess, don' min' dose women" "You got yo' Porgy, you loves yo' Porgy" "I knows you means it, I seen it in yo' eyes, Bess" "We'll go swingin' through de years a-singin'" "I's yours forever" "Mornin' time an' evenin' time an' summer time an' winter time" "Mornin' time an' evenin' time an' summer time an' winter time" "Oh, my Porgy, my man Porgy" " My Bess, my Bess" "From dis minute I'm tellin' you, I keep dis vow" "Porgy, I's your woman now" " Oh, my Bessie, we's happy now" "We is one now" "Oh, I can't sit down!" "Got to keep a-goin' like de flowing' of a song" "Oh, I can't sit down!" "Guess I'll take my honey an' her sunny smile along" "Today I is gay an' I's free" "Just a-bubblin', nothin' troubling' me" "Oh, I's goin' to town, I can't sit down" "Happy feeling', in my bones a-stealin'" "No concealing' dat it's picnic day" "Sho' is dandy, got de licker handy" "Me an' Mandy, we is on de way 'cause dis is picnic day" "Oh, I can't sit down!" "Got to keep a-jumpin' to de thumpin' of de drum!" "Oh, I can't sit down!" "Full of locomotion like an ocean full of rum!" "Today I is gay an' I's free" "Just a-bubblin, nothin' troubling' me!" "Oh, I's goin' to town, I can't, jes' can't sit down!" "What's de matter wid you, sister?" "Ain't you know you goin' be late for de picnic?" "I staying' with Porgy" "Sho' you goin'." "Ev'rybody's goin'" "You got to help me wid my basket." "Come now, where's yo' hat?" "What's dis talk about stayin' home when ev'rybody's goin' to de picnic?" "Porgy, I hates to go an' leave you all alone" "Bess, my honey, I so glad to have you go" "I been wantin' you to be so happy here in Catfish Row" "Yes, Porgy, I know" " Go, chile, go" "Come on, chile!" "Get into dese clo'es" "You stay roun' here an' you'll die of de lonesome blues" "Come on, hurry up" "We'll be late for dat boat" "Goodbye, Porgy" "Goodbye, honey" "Goodbye, Porgy, goodbye" "I got plenty o' nuttin'" "An' nuttin's plenty fo' me" "I got my gal, got my Lawd, got Hebben de whole day long" "Got my gal, got my Lawd, got my song!" "I ain't got no shame doin' what I like to do!" "Sun ain't got no shame, moon ain't got no shame, so " "I ain't got no shame doin' what I like to do!" "I ain't got no shame doin' what I like to do!" "Sun ain't got no shame, moon ain' got no shame, so " "I ain't got no shame doin' what I like to do!" "Ha-da-da" "It ain't necessarily so" "De t'ings dat yo' li'ble to read in de Bible, it ain't necessarily so" "Li'l David was small, but oh my!" "He fought big Goliath who lay down an' dieth" "Li'l David was small, but oh my!" "Wadoo" " Zim bam boodle-oo - Hoodle ah da wa da" " Scatty wah" "Yeah!" "Oh, Jonah, he lived in de whale" "Fo' he made his home in dat fish's abdomen" "Oh, Jonah, he lived in de whale" "Li'l Moses was found in a stream" "Dat chile floated on water till Old Pharaoh's daughter" "She fished him, she says, from dat stream" "Oh, it ain't necessarily so" "Dey tells all you chillun de debble's a villun" "But it ain't necessarily so" "To get into Heaven, don't snap for a seven" "Live clean, don't have no fault." "Look at me!" "Oh, I takes dat gospel whenever it's pos'ble but wid a grain of salt" "Methus'lah lived nine hundred years" "But who calls dat livin' when no gal will give in to no man what's nine hundred years?" "I'm preachin' dis sermon to show" "It ain't nessa, ain't nessa," "Ain't necessarily so" "I'm preachin' dis sermon to show" "It ain't nessa, ain't nessa," "Ain't necessarily..." "Shame on all you sinners" "You call yourselves Church members, you goes on a decent picnic of The Sons an' Daughters of Repent Ye Saith the Lord" "An' when the Christians turn their backs you start behaving' like Sodom an' Gomorrah" "It's a Gawd's wonder de Lord don't sen' His living' fire to burn you offen de face of de earth" "An' you, Jake, always so loudmouth at church meeting" "Tell me when did you start workin' for de devil?" "Take them baskets an' get on de boat, all you wicked chillen of de devil!" "Hear what I tell you, it's high time you was goin'" "You bes' hurry up, you goin' miss dat boat" "If dat boat go without me there's gonna be some blue lightning in Catfish Row when I gets home" "Hey there!" "Hold yo' holt." "I's a-comin'!" "Hurry up, Bess!" "Dat boat's gettin de whoopin' cough" "Crown!" "You know very well dis Crown" "I seen you lan' an' I been waitin' all day for see you" "I mos' dead on this damn island" "You ain' looks mos' dead, you's bigger than ever" "Oh, I got plenty to eat, bird egg, oyster an' such" "But I mos' dead of the lonesome wid not one Gawd' person to swap a word wid" "Lord!" "I's glad you come" "I can't stay, Crown, or de boat'll go without me" "Damn dat boat!" "Got any happy dus' wid you?" "No, Crown, no mo' happy dus'" "I done give up dope, an' besides, Crown, I got something to tell you" "You bes' lissen to what I gots to tell you" "I waiting' here till de cotton begin comin' in" "Den libbin' would be easy" "Johnny'll hide you an' me on de ribber boat far as Savannah" "Who you libbin' wid now?" "I livin' wid de cripple Porgy" "You sho' got funny taste in men, but dat's yo' business" "I ain' care who you takes up wid while I's away" "But membuh what I tol' you" "He's temporary" "I reckon it'll be just a couple of weeks now 'fore I comes for you" "Crown, I got something to tell you" "What dat?" "I..." "I livin' wid Porgy now, and I livin' decent" "You hear what I tol' you, I say in a couple o' weeks I's comin' for you" "An' you is goin' tote fair, lessen you wants to meet yo' Gawd" "You gets dat?" "Take yo' han's off me, I goin' miss dat boat" "You tellin' me dat you'd rather have a cripple than Crown?" "It's like dis, Crown." "I's the only woman Porgy ever had" "An' I's thinkin' now how it'll be tonight when all those others gets 'em go back to Catfish Row" "He'll be sittin' an' watchin' the big front gate a-countin' 'em off, waitin' for Bess" "An' when the las' woman goes home to her man an' I ain' there..." "Lemme go, Crown!" "You can get plenty other women" "What I wants wid other woman?" "I gots a woman an' dat's you, see!" "What you want wid Bess?" "She getting' ole now" "Takes a fine young gal for to satisfy Crown" "Look at this chest an' look at these arms you got" "You know how it's always been with me these five years I been yo' woman" "You could kick me in the street, and when you wanted me back" "you could whistle, an' there I was back again, licking' yo' hand" "There's plenty better lookin' gal than Bess" "What I wants wid other woman?" " Can't you see..." "I gots a woman, an' dat is you" " I'm wid Porgy" "Now and forever I am his woman, he would die without me" "I need you now an' you're mine jus' as long as I want you" "No cripple goin' take my woman from me" "He is a cripple..." " You got a man tonight ...an' needs my love" " An' that is Crown" "What you want wid Bess?" " You're my woman, Bess" "Oh, let me go to my man" " I'm tellin' you, now I'm your man" "What you want wid Bess?" "Lemme go, dat boat's goin' without me!" "You ain't goin' nowhere!" "Take yo' hands off me, I say, yo' hands, yo' hands" "I know you' ain' change, wid you and me it always be the same" "Get in dat thicket" "Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for" "It's gettin' late, the weather's fine." "I'm on my way" "Come on, you fishermen, it's time to trabble" "All right, Jake" "All ready, Jake, we bes' be off" "Goodbye, boys" "Goodbye, Maria" "It looks to me like it's goin' to storm today" "Don't you know dat ain' de way to talk 'fore my woman" "So long, Clara" "Gangway for de Sea Gull" "It take a long pull to get there, huh!" "It take a long pull to get there, but I'll anchor in de Promise' Lan'" "In de Promise' Lan'..." "Lan'!" "Take yo' hands off me, I say" "Yo' hands, yo' hands!" " She still out her head" "Eighteen mile to Kittiwah, eighteen mile to trabble" "Lord, what a long road" "Ain' nobody to help me, ain' nobody to help me!" "Well, if it ain' ole Peter!" "How come dey let you out o' jail?" "De white folk put me in an' de white folk take me out" "An' I ain' know yet what I done, what I done, done, done" "There's a rattlesnake in dem bushes" "Oh, Lord, ain' nobody to help me" " What's de matter?" "Porgy woman very sick more than a week now" "She gone to the picnic an' get los' in de jungle" "She ain' come home for two day" "I think dat maybe she goin' to sleep now" "A whole week gone now an' she ain' no better" "Hello, Peter, welcome home, old frien'" "I advise you send her to de white folk hospital" "Gawd, don' let 'em take Bess to the hospital!" "Hospital!" "Mus' be you is all forget how I pray Clara' baby out of the convulsions" "There ain' never been a sick person or corpse in Catfish Row dat I has refused my prayers" "Dat's right, sistuh, you pray over her" "Oh, Doctor Jesus..." " Doctor Jesus!" "who done trouble de water in de Sea of Galilee" "An' likewise who done cast de devil out of de afflicted" "Time an' time again" "Oh, my Jesus!" "Oh, Doctor Jesus, what make you ain' lay yo' han' on dis po' sister head?" "Oh, my Father!" " An' chase de devil out of her down a steep place into de sea like you used to do, time an' time again" "Time an' time again." "Oh, my Jesus!" "Lif' dis po' cripple up out of de dus'" "Allelujah!" "An' lif' up his woman an' make her well, time an' time again" "An' save us all for Jesus sake" "Amen" "All right now, Porgy, Doctor Jesus done take de case" "By five o'clock dat woman goin' be well" "Thank you, sistuh" "Oh dey's so fresh an' fine, an' dey jus' offen de vine" "Strawberry!" "Strawberry!" "Oh, dey's so fresh an' fine, an' dey's jus' offen de vine" "Strawberry!" "Here come de honey man, yes mam, dis de honey man" "Oh, honey man, honey man!" "Hey there!" "I wants some honey!" "Peter, honey man!" "Gawd a'mighty, I's jus' wasting my breath on you" "'Cause you ain' never goin' to hear nohow" "I'm talkin' about devil crabs" "I'm talkin' about de food I sells" "She crab, she crab" " On yo' way, brother" "Devil crab!" "Hey, crab man!" "I'm talkin' about de food I sells" "Now when I done talkin' about de food I sells, talkin' about devil crab" "Now I's talkin' about yo' pocketbook" "I'm talkin' about devil crabs" "She crab, she crab, devil crab" "Now de time, oh Gawd" "Now de time" "Porgy, dat you there, ain't it?" " Thank Gawd, thank Gawd!" "I lonesome here all my by myself" "It's hot out there, come an' sit here with me in the cool" "Oh, Bess!" "Bess!" "I been sick, ain't I?" "You been very sick." "But now I got you back, Bess" "How long I been sick?" " Over a week now" "You come back from Kittiwah with eye like fireball an' Maria get you into bed, an' you ain' know me" "What's de matter, Bess?" "I guess I ain' know nuttin' wid de fever, or I ain' come back at all" "Dat's all right, honey, don't you worry, honey" "I know you been with Crown" "How you know?" "Gawd give cripple to understan' many thing he ain't give strong men" "You ain' want me to go 'way?" " No, no, I don't want you to go" "How things stan' 'tween you an' Crown?" "He's comin' for me when de cotton come to town" "You goin'?" " I tell 'im, yes" "Porgy, Gawd, man!" "Why yo' muscles pull up like that?" "It make me afraid" "You ain' got nuttin' to be afraid of" "I ain' tryin' to keep no woman that don't want to stay" "If you want to go to Crown, dat's for you to say" "I wants to stay here, but I ain't worthy" "You is too decent to understand" "For when I see him he hypnotize me when he take hold of me with his hot hand" "Someday I know he's coming back to call me" "He's goin' to handle me an' hold me so" "It's goin' to be like dyin', Porgy, deep inside me" "But when he calls, I know I'll have to go" "If dere warn't no Crown, Bess, if dere was only jus' you an' Porgy, what den?" "I loves you, Porgy, don't let him take me" "Don' let him handle me an' drive me mad" "If you kin keep me, I wants to stay here wid you forever, and I'd be glad" "There, there, Bess, you don' need to be afraid no mo'" "You's picked up happiness and laid yo' worries down" "You goin' to live easy, you goin' to live high" "You goin' to outshine every woman in dis town" "An' remember, when Crown come, that's my business" "Bess!" "I loves you, Porgy" "What you think I is, anyway, to let dat dirty houn'dog steal my woman?" "If you wants to stay wid Porgy, you goin' stay" "You got a home now, honey, an' you got love" "So stop yo' cryin', can't you understan'?" "You goin' to go about yo' business singing', 'cause you got Porgy" "I got my man" " You got yo' man" "Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?" "You got no cause to worry 'bout yo' man." "Dis goin' be a fine night" "I never saw de water look so black" "It sits there waitin', holdin' its breath list'nin' for dat hurricane bell" "Hurricane bell!" "Lawd chile, dere ain' goin' be no hurricane" "I's gettin' ole now an' I ain' hear dat bell but four time in my life" "Go 'long to de baby now an' quiet down" "Hurricane!" "Oh, Doctor Jesus, look down on me wit' pity..." "Professor Jesus, teach Yo' ignorant chillen..." "Oh, Father, what die on Calbery..." "Oh, Hev'nly Father, hab mercy on we..." "Amen" "Lawd, hab mercy" "Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens an' de Lawd rock de groun'" "An' where you goin' stand, my brudder an' my sister" "When de sky come a-tumblin' down?" "Oh, de sun goin' to rise in de wes'" " My Jesus!" "An' de moon goin' to set in de sea" " My Saviour!" "An' de stars goin' to bow befo' my Lawd, bow down befo' my Lawd" "Who died on Calvarie" "Clara, come sing wid us, sister" "Ain' you know, song help you forget yo' trouble an' lif' up dat burden of sorrow offen yo' heart" "I 'mos' lose my mind wid yo' singing only dat one song over and over since daylight yesterday" "We got to be ready singing' praises to de Lawd when Gabriel soun' dat trumpet an' de graveyards spew up de dead" "We had storm befo', I ain't so sure this is Judgment Day" "Well, anyhow, it ain' no time fo' takin' no chances" "One of these mornin's you're goin' to rise up singin'" "Then you'll spread yo' wings and you'll take the sky" "But till dat morning', dere's a nuttin' can harm you" "Wid Daddy an' Mammy standing' by" "Lawd hab mercy on our soul" "What make you so still, Bess, you ain' sayin' nuttin'" "You ain't afraid, is you honey?" "I's jus' thinkin', an' you know what I's thinkin' about?" "You's thinkin' what dis storm mus' be like a-tramplin' over de sea islands" "Dese waves mus' be runnin' clean across Kittiwah" "Ain't nobody could live on dat damn island in a storm like dis" "I guess you got me for keeps, Porgy" "Ain' I tell you dat all along?" "Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'" "Oh, Mary, Oh, Marta, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'" "I hear Death knockin' at de do'" "What you say, Daddy Peter?" "I hear Death knockin' at de do'" "He ain't hear nuttin', ain' nobody knock" "He can't hear no livin' pusson" " Death's knockin' at de do'" "Open de do', Mingo, an' show Peter dere ain' nobody dere" "Open up yo'self!" "All right, I'll show you" "Dat ain' no use, if it's Death, it's comin' in anyway" "Oh, Gawd, Gawd, don't let 'im in" "You is a nice parcel of Christians!" "Shut a friend out in a storm like dis!" "Who' frien' is you?" " I's yo' frien', Sister" "Oh, here's de woman I's lookin' for" "Why you ain' come an' say hello to yo' man?" "You ain't my man!" "It's sho' time I was comin' back for you, sweet Bess!" "You ain't done much for yo'self while I been gone" "Ain' dere no whole ones left?" "You keep yo' mouth off Porgy" "Woman, do you want to meet yo' Gawd?" "Come here!" "Porgy my man now" "Well, for Gawd sake, d'you call dat a man?" "Well don' you min', I got de forgiving' nature an' I goin' take you back" "Turn dat woman loose!" " Keep yo' han' off me!" "You bes' behave yo'self in dis storm" "Don't you know, Gawd might strike you dead" "If Gawd want to kill me" "He had plenty of chance 'tween here an' Kittiwah Island" "Me an' Him havin' it out all de way from Kittiwah" "Firs' Him on top, den me on top" "There ain' nothin' He like better than a scrap wid a man" "Gawd an' me is frien'!" "Hear dat?" "Gawd's laughin' at you!" "Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens an' de Lawd rock de groun'" "Here, cut dat out!" "Stop it!" "I didn't come all the way from Kittiwah to sit up wid no corpses" "Dem dat is in such a hurry to meet de Judgement all dey gots to do is kiss dereselves goodbye an' step out dat door" "Daddy Peter, here's yo' chance" "Say, de Jim-crow's leavin' an' you don' need no ticket" "How about you, ole lady?" "What, dere ain' no travellers?" "Don' you hear Gawd a'mighty laughin' at you?" "Dat's right, Gawd laugh an' Crown laugh back" "Dat's right, drown 'em out, don't let 'em sing" "How 'bout dis one, Big Frien'?" "A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump its track" "A red-headed woman she can make it jump right back" "Oh, she's jus' nature's child" "She got somethin' dat drives men wild" "A red-headed woman gonna take you wedder you're white, yellow or black" "But show me that woman who kin make a fool of me!" "Oh no, she ain' existin' on de lan' or on de sea" "Oh, you kin knock me down, if dey don't fall for Brudder Crown" "Show me dat woman who kin make a goddam fool of me!" "Lawd, Lawd, save us, don't you listen to dat Crown" "Lawd Jesus, oh, pay no min' to Crown" "Oh, Lawd, Father, strike him down" "Oh, Lawd, don't listen to dat Crown" "Jake's boat in de river, upside down!" "Jake!" "Jake!" "Bess, keep my baby for me till I get back" "Clara ought not to be out dere all by herself" "Won't somebody go to help her?" "Ain't dere no man here?" "Yeah, where is a man?" "Porgy, what you sittin' dere for?" "Ain't you hear yo' woman calling' for a man?" "Look to me like dere ain' only one man 'roun' here!" "All right, I'm goin' out to get Clara" "Then I'm comin' back to get you" "No, you don't!" "All right, Big Frien', we's on for another bout!" "Oh, Doctor Jesus, look down on me wit' pity..." "Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted" "Clara, Clara, don't you be sad an' lonesome" "Jesus is walkin' on de water, rise up an' follow Him home" "Oh Lawd, oh my Jesus, rise up an' follow Him home, follow Him home" "Jake, Jake, don't you be downhearted" "Jake, Jake, don't you be sad an' lonesome" "Jesus is walkin' on de water, rise up an' follow Him home" "Oh Lawd, oh my Jesus, rise up an' follow Him home, follow Him home" "Crown, Crown, don't you be downhearted" "You low-life skunk, ain' you got no shame laughing' at those po' women what's singin' for their mens lost in the storm" "I ain't see no sense in makin' such a fuss over a man when he's dead" "When a gal loses her man dere's plenty o' men still livin' what likes good lookin' gals" "I know it ain' dem gals you is after" "Ain't you see Bess got no use for you, ain't you see she got a man?" "I see more'n dat, Auntie, I see she got two men" "What you mean by dat, Bess got two men?" "Crown dead, ain' he?" "I ain' tellin' you nothin'" "But a woman who got jus' one man, maybe she got him for keeps" "But when she's got two mens, there's mighty apt to be a carvin'" "Den de cops comes in an' takes de leaving's" "An' pretty soon she ain't got none" "Summertime an' the livin' is easy" "Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high" "Oh yo' daddy's rich an yo' ma is good lookin'" "So hush, little baby, don' you cry" "Bess, you got a man now, you got Porgy!" "Wait for us at the corner, Al." "We'll put the widow through first" "Come on down, Serena Robbins, and make it damn quick!" "Serena been very sick in her bed three days" "An' I been dere with her all de time" "The hell she has" "Tell her if she don't come out I'll get the wagon and run her in" "Where were you last night, Serena Robbins?" "I been sick in ma bed three day an' three night" "An' we been nursing' her all dat time" "Dat's de Gawd's truth" "Would you swear to that?" " Yes, boss, we swear to that" "There you are, an air-tight alibi" "Yeah." "Just two months ago right here Crown killed your husband, didn't he?" "Answer me, you'll either talk here or in jail" "Did Crown kill your husband, yes or no?" "We swear to dat, boss" "And last night Crown got his right here, didn't he?" "Go 'long, boss, ain' dat gentleman say we is "alabi"?" "Was Crown killed here - yes or no?" "We ain' see nuttin', boss" "We been in dis room three day an' night an' de window been closed" "Look at me, Serena Robbins" "Do you mean to tell me the man who killed your husband was bumped off under your window, and you didn't know it?" "We ain' see nuttin', boss." "We been in dis room three days an' nights an' de window been closed" "You needn't do that one again" "Oh, hell!" "You might as well argue with a parrot but you'll never break their story" "But I'll get you a witness for your inquest" "Step over here an' I'll put the cripple through" "Come out here, both of you there, step lively now!" "What's your name?" "Jus' Porgy." "You knows me, boss" "You done give me plenty of pennies on Meetin' Street" "Of course - you're the beggar man" "I didn't know you away from your pitch" "I'm the coroner, not a policeman" "Now this dead one, Crown, you knew him by sight, didn't you?" "You'd know him if you saw him again?" "Yes, boss, seems like I remember him when he used to come 'roun' here long time ago" "But I ain' care none 'bout seein' him" "Well, you got to see him anyway." "Come along" "You needn't be afraid" "All you got to do is view the body as a witness, and tell us who it is" "I got to go an' look, look at Crown's face?" "Yes, that's all" "With all dem white folks lookin' at me?" "Oh, cheer up." "I reckon you've seen a dead body before" "It'll all be over in a few minutes" "There ain' goin' be nobody in dat room 'cept me?" "Just you an' Crown, if you can still call him one" "Boss, I couldn't jus' bring my woman with me?" "I..." "I couldn't even carry my woman?" "No!" "You can't bring anyone." "I'll send an officer to help you out" "Boss, boss!" "Now get this:" "I have summoned you an' you have to go or you'll go to jail for contempt of court" "Oh, Lawd, what I goin' do?" "You got to go, Porgy" "Maybe you can jus' make like to look at him, an' keep yo' eye shut" "You goin' be all right, Porgy." "You only goin' to be a witness" "I ain' so sure of that." "All I know is that when the man that killed Crown go in that room an' look at him" "Crown' wound begin to bleed!" "Oh, my Jesus!" "That's one way the cops got of tellin' who killed him" "I can't look at Crown's face." "Oh Gawd, what I goin' do?" "Hey, you there, come along!" "I ain' goin' look on his face!" "Oh, you'll look all right" "Turn me loose, turn me loose, you can't make me look on his face!" "Ain't nobody can make me look on Crown's face!" "Oh, Gawd!" "They going' make him look on Crown's face" "Sister, that Porgy ain' goin' to be no witness now" "They going' to lock him up in jail" "Lock him up?" "Not for long, Sportin' Life" "Not for long." "Maybe one year, maybe two year, maybe " "Just like I tol' you, ain't nobody home now but Bess and ole Sportin' Life" "But cheer up, sistuh, ole Sportin' Life givin' you de stuff for to scare away dem lonesome blues" "Happy dus'!" "I ain' want none of dat stuff, I tells you" "Take dat stuff away, buzzard!" "Now that's the t'ing, ain't it?" "An' membuh, there's plenty more where dat came from" "Listen" "There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York" "Come wid me, dat's where we belong, sister" "You an' me kin live dat high life in New York" "Come wid me, dere you can't go wrong, sister" "I'll buy you de swellest mansion up on upper Fi'th Avenue" "An' through Harlem we'll go strutting', we'll go a-struttin'" "An' dere'll be nuttin' too good for you" "I'll dress you in silks and satins, in de latest Paris styles" "And all de blues you'll be forgettin', you'll be forgettin'" "There'll be no fretting', jes' nothin' but smiles" "Come along wid me, dat's de place" "Don't be a fool, come along, come along" "There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York" "Come wid me, dat's where we belong" "Sister, dat's where we belong!" "Come on, Bess!" "You low crawling' hound!" "Get away from my door, I tells you" "Leave it, you rattlesnake, dat's what you is, a rattlesnake!" "I'm a rattlesnake" "Don't want a second shot, eh?" "All right, I'll leave it here" "Maybe you'll change your mind" "It's Porgy comin' home!" "Thank Gawd I's home again!" "Welcome home, Porgy." "We're all so glad you is back again" "Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby" "Ain' I tell you, I ain' goin' look on Crown's face" "You ain' look on um, Porgy?" "No, no, I keep dese eyes shut in dat room till they done put me in jail for contempt of court" "Don' anybody let on I's home again" "I got a surprise for Bess, sweet Bess" "An' I ain' wants her to know, 'til I get ev'rything ready" "Bring dem bundles here, Scipio!" "Here, boy, look what I got for you" "Throw away that ole mouth organ you got, an' start on this one" "See, it got a picture of a brass band on it" "Work on that an' the firs' thing you know you'll be playin' wid de orphans" "Lily Holmes, Lily Holmes!" "Here gal, hold up yo' head." "Dat's right" "I never did like dat ole funeral bonnet Peter buy for you" "Get down, sistuh" "Dere now, get underneath dat an' make all de redbird an' de bluejay jealous" "Now dat's de style for my Bess" "She's one gal what always look good in red" "Listen to this, ev'rybody" "I reckon I's de firs' fella roun' here what go to jail poor and leave there rich" "All de time I got my lucky bones hid in my mouth, see" "An' I jus' got through dem other crap-shootin' polecats like Glory Hallelujah!" "Now, ain' dis de thing?" "'Course de baby ain' big enough to wear a dress like dis yet but he goin' grow fast" "You watch, he goin' be in dat dress by de first frost" "An' now it's time to call Bess." "Bess, oh, Bess, here Porgy come home!" "Jus' you wait till dat gal see me" "Oh, Bess!" "Here, Mingo" "What's de matter wid you all?" "Where you goin'?" "What kind of a welcome is dis for a man what's just been in jail for contempt of court?" "Why, hello, if dere ain't Serena." "You sho' work fast, sistuh" "I jus' been gone a week an' here you are wid a new baby" "Here, hold on, let me see dat chile" "Dat's Bess' baby ain' it, where you get it?" "Where Bess anyhow?" "She ain' answer me" "Bess, ain' you here?" "Bess!" "Maria, Maria, where's Bess, tell me quick, where's Bess?" "Tell me quick, where's Bess, where is Bess?" "Oh, Bess!" "Ain' we tell you all along, Porgy, dat woman ain' fit fo' you?" "I ain' axin' yo' opinion" "Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess?" "Won't somebody tell me where?" "I ain't care what she say, I ain't care what she done" "Won't somebody tell me where's my Bess?" "Oh, Lawd!" "She gone, but you very lucky." "She gone back to de happy dus'" "Widout her I can't go on" "She done throw Jesus out of her heart." "Bess dat kin' of gal" "I counted de days dat I was gone" "Porgy, you is better off widout dat woman" "She believe ev'rything Sportin' Life say to her" "Dat's how it was" "She give herself away to de debbil" "I want her so, my gal" "There's plenty better gals than Bess" "Bess is gone" "Oh Gawd, in Yo' big Heav'n, please show me where I mus' go" "Oh give me de strength, show me de way!" "Tell me de truth, where is she, where is my gal, where is my Bess?" "Bess is gone." "An' Serena take dis chile to give 'im a Christian raisin'" "You ain' mean Bess dead?" "She worse than dead, Porgy, she gave herself to de debbil" "But she still livin', an' she gone far away" "Alive, Bess is alive!" "Where Bess gone?" "New York" "I hear you say New York." "Where dat?" "A thousand mile from here" "Which way New York?" "It's way up North pas' de custom house" "I must go!" "Why you wants to go, Porgy?" "You bes' not go any place" "I must go!" "You better stay wid yo' frien', Porgy, you'll be happy here" "Won't nobody help me go?" "Ain't we tell you, you can't find her, Porgy?" "For Gawd sake, Porgy, where you goin'?" "Where you goin', Porgy?" "Ain't you say Bess gone to New York?" "Dat's where I goin', I got to be wid Bess" "Gawd help me to find her, I'm on my way" "Oh Lawd, I'm on my way" "I'm on my way to a Heav'nly Lan'" "I'll ride dat long, long road, if You are there to guide my han'" "Oh Lawd, I'm on my way." "I'm on my way to a Heav'nly Lan'" "Oh Lawd, it's a long, long way" "But You'll be there to take my han'" "Subtitles:" "Screentext Jonathan Burton"