Porgy & Bess Medley

Lyrics

[Introduction: Summertime] Summertime and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton 's high Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma 's good lookin' Hush, little baby, don't you cry [Pt I: They Pass By Singin'] They pass by singin' They pass by cryin' Always Movin' When God made Porgy He mean him to be lonely Day time, Night time He gotta travel that lonesome road Day time, Night time He gotta travel that lonesome road [Pt II: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'] I ain't a-frettin' 'bout hell 'til the time arrive I never worry long as I'm well I never gonna to strive to be good, to be bad What the hell, I'm glad l'm alivе [Pt III: Oh I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish] Oh, I'm a-goin' out to the Blackfish banks No matter what the wеather say And when I say I'm goin' I mean goin' And I'm leavin' at the break of day It take a long pull to get there It take a long pull to get there It take a long pull to get there But I'll anchor in the Promised Land In the Promised Land [Pt IV: It ain't necessarily so] It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so Things that you're liable to read in the Bible It ain't necessarily so Jonah, he lived in a whale Jonah, he lived in a whale He made his home in that fish's abdomen Jonah, he lived in a whale To get into Heaven Don't snap for a seven Live clean, have no fault I preach that gospel whenever it's possible With a grain of salt Methuselah lived nine hundred years Methuselah lived nine hundred years Who'd calls that livin' when no gal will give in To no man what's nine hundred years? It ain't nessa, ain't nessa Ain't nessa, ain't nessa Ain't necessarily- [Pt V: Oh dey's so fresh an' fine] Woo they're so fresh an' fine And they're off the new vine Strawberries, strawberries [Pt VI: Crab Man] I'm talkin' about the food I sell I'm screamin' about the food I sell She crab Devil'd crab [Pt VII: Here Come de Honey Man] Here comes the honey man Here comes the honey man I've got honey in the comb I got honey in the comb [Pt VIII: Oh, Bess, oh, where is my Bess?] Oh Bess, where is my Bess? Won't somebody tell me where? I ain't care what she say I ain't care what she done I counted the days that I was gone 'Til I got home to see her face Won't somebody tell me where's my Bess? Oh, I want 'er so, my gal, my Bess, where is she? [Pt IX: Bess, You Is My Woman Now] Bess, you is my woman now You is, you is And you must laugh and dance and sing for two instead of one Want no wrinkle on your brow Nohow Because the sorrow of the past is all done Done my Bess, my Bess The real happiness is just begun Bess, you is my woman now You is, you is I ain't never goin' nowhere 'less you share the fun Want no wrinkle on your brow Nohow But I ain't goin', you hear me sayin' If you ain't goin', with you I'm stayin' Bess, you is my woman Yeah, you is my woman Mornin' time and Evenin' time and Summertime and Wintertime And Mornin' and Evenin' and summer and winter Bess, my Bess You is my woman now I'm talking Porgy and Bess