I Loves You, Porgy

Lyrics

[BESS] I lonesome there all by myself It's hot in there Let me sit here with you in the cool [PORGY] Oh, Bess! Bess! [BESS] I been sick, ain't I? [PORGY] You been very sick But now I got you back, Bess [BESS] How long I been sick? [PORGY] Over a week now You come back from Kittiwah with eye like fireball And Maria get you into bed And you ain't know me [PORGY, spoken] What's the matter, Bess? [BESS] I guess I ain't know nothin' with the fever Or I ain't come back at all [PORGY, spoken] That's alright, honey [PORGY] Don't you worry, honey I know you been with Crown [BESS, spoken] How you know? [PORGY] God give cripple to understand many thing he ain't give strong men [BESS] You ain't want me to go 'way? [PORGY] No, no I ain't want you to go How things stand between you and Crown? [BESS] He's comin' for me when the cotton comes to town [PORGY, spoken] You goin'? [BESS] I tell him, yes [BESS, spoken] Porgy, God, man Why your muscle pull up like that? It makes me afraid [PORGY] If there were no Crown, Bess If there was only just you and Porgy, what then? [BESS] I loves you, Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wants to stay here With you forever Then I'd be glad [PORGY] There, there, Bess, you don't need to be afraid no more You's picked up happiness and laid your worries down You gonna live easy, you gonna live high You gonna outshine any woman in this town And remember, when Crown comes, that's my business Bess! [BESS & PORGY] I loves you, Porgy (What you think I is anyway) Don't let him take me (To let another fellow steal my woman?) Don't let him handle me (If you want to stay with Porgy) With his hot hand (You gonna stay, you got a home now, honey) And you got love If you can keep me (So no more cryin', can't you understand?) I wants to stay here (You goin' to go about your business, singin') With you forever ('Cause you got Porgy) I got my man (You got a man)