What you want wid Bess Lyrics – Porgy and Bess
What you want wid Bess Lyrics
BESS
What you want wid Bess?
She's gettin' ole now;
Take a fine young gal
For to satisfy Crown.
Look at this chest
An' look at these arms you got.
You know how it always been with me,
These five years I been yo' woman,
You could kick me in the street,
Then when you wanted me back,
You could whistle, an' there I was
Back again, lickin' yo' hand.
There's plenty better lookin' gal than Bess.
Can' you see, I'm with Porgy,
Now and forever
I am his woman, he would die without me.
Oh, Crown, won't you let me go to my man, to my man.
He is a cripple an' needs my love, all my love.
What you want wid Bess?
Oh, let me go to my man. . .
CROWN
What I wants wid other woman,
I gots a woman, yes,
An' dat is you, yes, dat is you, yes,
I need you now an' you're mine
jus' as long as I want you.
No cripple goin' take my woman from me.
You got a man tonight an' that is
Crown, yes, Crown, yes
Crown.
You're my woman, Bess, I'm tellin'
you, now I'm your man.
(Pressing her very close)
BESS
What you want with Bess?
(Boat whistles)
Lemme go, Crown dat boat, it's goin' without me!
CROWN
You ain't goin' nowhere!
BESS
(Weakening)
Take yo' hands off me, I
say, yo' hands, yo' hands, yo hands.
(Crown kisses her passionately)
CROWN
I knows you' ain' change -
Wid you and me it always be the same.
Git in dat thicket.
What you want wid Bess?
She's gettin' ole now;
Take a fine young gal
For to satisfy Crown.
Look at this chest
An' look at these arms you got.
You know how it always been with me,
These five years I been yo' woman,
You could kick me in the street,
Then when you wanted me back,
You could whistle, an' there I was
Back again, lickin' yo' hand.
There's plenty better lookin' gal than Bess.
Can' you see, I'm with Porgy,
Now and forever
I am his woman, he would die without me.
Oh, Crown, won't you let me go to my man, to my man.
He is a cripple an' needs my love, all my love.
What you want wid Bess?
Oh, let me go to my man. . .
CROWN
What I wants wid other woman,
I gots a woman, yes,
An' dat is you, yes, dat is you, yes,
I need you now an' you're mine
jus' as long as I want you.
No cripple goin' take my woman from me.
You got a man tonight an' that is
Crown, yes, Crown, yes
Crown.
You're my woman, Bess, I'm tellin'
you, now I'm your man.
(Pressing her very close)
BESS
What you want with Bess?
(Boat whistles)
Lemme go, Crown dat boat, it's goin' without me!
CROWN
You ain't goin' nowhere!
BESS
(Weakening)
Take yo' hands off me, I
say, yo' hands, yo' hands, yo hands.
(Crown kisses her passionately)
CROWN
I knows you' ain' change -
Wid you and me it always be the same.
Git in dat thicket.
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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