Mornin’ Lawyer

Lyrics

[MARIA] Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody? [FRAZIER] Porgy live here, don't he? [MARIA] He sure do, right over there's his room [MARIA, spoken] Hey Porgy, here's Lawyer Frazier to see you [FRAZIER] Mornin', Porgy [PORGY] Mornin', Lawyer [FRAZIER] Ain't that Crown's Bess in your room? [PORGY] No, sir, she ain't, she's Porgy's Bess [FRAZIER] Ah ha, ah ha, Porgy's Bess, eh? Then I guess she'll be wantin' divorce [PORGY, spoken] Huh? [FRAZIER] If the woman livin' with you now She got to have divorce from Crown or else it ain't legal [FRAZIER takes document and shows it to PORGY.] [PORGY, spoken] How much that thing cost? [FRAZIER] One dollar That is, if there ain't no complications [PORGY, spoken] Bess, you likes to have divorce? [BESS] What you think, Porgy? [PORGY] I'm a-goin' to buy you a divorcе [PORGY counts out money and hands it to FRAZIER.] [FRAZIER, spoken] Wait a minute It ain't legal yet Your namе? [ENSEMBLE, spoken] Bess! [FRAZIER] Your age? [BESS] Twenty year [ENSEMBLE] Lord, Lord, listen what she say That girl's thirty if she's a day [FRAZIER] You desire to be divorce from that man Crown? [ENSEMBLE] Sure she do, sure she do Yes sir, yes sir, sure she do! [FRAZIER] I'm askin' you [BESS] Yes, boss, that's true [FRAZIER] Address the court as "Your honor" [ENSEMBLE] Yes, your honor Yes, your honor Yes, your honor Yes, your honor [FRAZIER] When was you and Crown marry? [BESS] I don't rightly remember, your honor [FRAZIER] One year, five year, ten year, what? [LILY, spoken] That gal ain't never marry! [FRAZIER] Ah, that's a complication [ENSEMBLE] That's a complication That's a complication Lord, Lord— [MAN, spoken] That is a complication [PORGY] You can't sell her divorce, gimme back my dollar! [ENSEMBLE laughs.] [FRAZIER] 'Course I sells divorce You got no right to laugh But it take expert to divorce woman what ain't marry And it'll cost you [FRAZIER, spoken] Uh huh, a dollar and a half [BESS] Don't pay him, Porgy Don't let him take you in [FRAZIER] All right, go on livin' in sin [PORGY counts out money and gives it to FRAZIER, who signs and seals paper and hands it to BESS.] Good day to you, Mrs. Porgy Only dollar and a half to change from woman to lady [ENSEMBLE] Woman to lady, woman to lady Lord, Lord, woman to lady!