It Takes a Long Pull to Get There Lyrics – Porgy and Bess
It Takes a Long Pull to Get There Lyrics
Oh, I`m agoing out to the Blackfish banks
No matter what the wedder say,
And when I say I`m going I means going
And I`m leaving at the break of day.
It takes a long pull to get there, huh!
It takes a long pull to get there, huh!
It takes a long pull to get,
But I`ll anchor in the Promises land,
In the Promises land.
And lawdy1, if I meet Mister Hurricane2
And Harricane tell me no
I`ll take old Harricane by the pants
And I`ll throw him in the jailhouse dock.
It takes a long pull to get there, huh!
It takes a long pull to get there, huh!
It takes a long pull to get there,
But I`ll anchor in the Promises land,
In the Promises land.
I got a blister on my setting down place3,
I got a blister in my hand
But I`m going row this little boat, trust me Gawd4,
Till I anchor in the Promises land.
It takes a long pull to get there, huh!
It takes a long pull to get there, huh!
It takes a long pull to get there,
But I`ll anchor in the Promises land,
In the Promises land.
No matter what the wedder say,
And when I say I`m going I means going
And I`m leaving at the break of day.
It takes a long pull to get there, huh!
It takes a long pull to get there, huh!
It takes a long pull to get,
But I`ll anchor in the Promises land,
In the Promises land.
And lawdy1, if I meet Mister Hurricane2
And Harricane tell me no
I`ll take old Harricane by the pants
And I`ll throw him in the jailhouse dock.
It takes a long pull to get there, huh!
It takes a long pull to get there, huh!
It takes a long pull to get there,
But I`ll anchor in the Promises land,
In the Promises land.
I got a blister on my setting down place3,
I got a blister in my hand
But I`m going row this little boat, trust me Gawd4,
Till I anchor in the Promises land.
It takes a long pull to get there, huh!
It takes a long pull to get there, huh!
It takes a long pull to get there,
But I`ll anchor in the Promises land,
In the Promises land.
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Porgy and Bess Lyrics: Song List
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Introduction and Jasbo Brown Blues
- Summertime
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Oh, Nobody Knows When de Lord Is Gonna Call
- A Woman is a Sometime Thing
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Here Come de Honey Man; Porgy's Entrance
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Here Comes Big Boy!
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Oh Little Stars, Little Stars
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Wake Up an' Hit It Out
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Gone, Gone, Gone
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Overflow
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Well, Well, Well, a Saucer-Burying-Setup
- My Man's Gone Now
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How de Saucer Stan' Now, My Sister?
- Leavin' for the Promise' Lan'
- It Takes a Long Pull to Get There
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Mus' Be You Mens Forgot About de Picnic
- I Got Plenty o' Nuttin
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Lissen There, What I Tells You
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I Hates Yo' Struttin' Style
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Mornin' Lawyer
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Dey's a Buckra Comin'
- Buzzard Keep on Flying
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Lo, Bess, Goin' to the Picnic?
- Bess, You Is My Woman
- Oh, I Can't Sit Down
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What's de Matter Wid You, Sister?
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I Ain't Got No Shame
- It Ain't Necessarily So
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Dance; Shame on All You Sinners
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Crown!
- What you want wid Bess
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Lemme Go, Hear dat Boat
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Honey, dat's All de Breakfast I Got Time for
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Take Yo' Hands off Me, I Say
- Oh, Doctor Jesus
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Strawberry Woman; Honey Man; Crab Man
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Now de Time, Oh, Gawd
- I Love You, Porgy
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Why You Been Out on That Wharf So Long, Clara?
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Oh, Doctor Jesus (Hurricane Scene)/Summertime (Reprise)
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What Make You So Still, Bess; Oh, Dere's Somebody Knockin'
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You Is a Nice Parcel of Christians
- A Red-Headed Woman
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Jack's Boat Is de River
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Clara, Clara
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You Low-Lived Skunk
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Summertime (Reprise) ; Death of Crown
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Wait For Us at the Corner, Al
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What Is Your Name?
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Oh, Gawd! They Goin' Make Him Look on Crown's Face!
- There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
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Catfish Row Interlude
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Good Mornin', sistuh! Good Mornin', brudder!
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It's Porgy Comin' Home
- Oh, Bess, Oh, Where's My Bess
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Bess Is Gone
- O Lawd, I'm On My Way