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How de Saucer Stan’ Now, My Sister? Lyrics by Wilma Shakesnider, Alexander Smalls

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

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[UNDERTAKER]
How the saucer stand now, my sister?
[SERENA]
There ain't but fifteen dollar
[UNDERTAKER, spoken]
Hm! Can't bury him for fifteen dollar
[JAKE]
He's got to be buried tomorrow
Or the board of health will take him
And give him to the medical students
[UNDERTAKER]
Life is hard, brother
But we all got to live
It cost money for to bury a grown man
[SERENA, spoken]
Oh, for God's sake, bury him in the graveyard
[SERENA]
Don't let the students take him to cut up and scatter
I goin' work on Monday
And I swear to God, I goin' pay you every cent
[UNDERTAKER]
All right, sister
With the box and one carriage
It'll cost me more than twenty-five
But I'll see you through
[PORGY, spoken]
Jesus bless you, my brothеr
[UNDERTAKER]
You can all be ready tomorrow mornin'
It's a long trip to the cеmetery
[ENSEMBLE]
Oh, he's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Credits
Wilma Shakesnider

Wilma Shakesnider

Alexander Smalls

Alexander Smalls

About “How de Saucer Stan’ Now, My Sister?” by Wilma Shakesnider

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