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Crown! Lyrics by Andrew Smith (Actor), Clamma Dale

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

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[CROWN whistles to BESS.]
[BESS, spoken]
Crown!
[CROWN]
You know very well this Crown
I seen you land and I been waitin' all day for see you
I 'most dead on this damn island
[BESS]
You ain't look 'most dead, you bigger than ever
[CROWN]
Oh, I got plenty to eat
Bird egg, oyster, and such
But I 'most dead of the lonesome
With not one God person to swap a word with
Lord, I's glad you come
[BESS]
I can't stay, Crown, or the boat will go without me
[CROWN, spoken]
Damn that boat!
[CROWN]
Got any happy dust with you?
[BESS]
No, Crown, no more happy dust
I done give up dope, and besides, Crown
I got somethin' to tell you
[CROWN]
You best listen to what I gots to tell you
I wait here 'til the cotton begin comin' in
Then livin'll be easy
Johnny'll hide you and me on the riverboat far as Savannah
Who you livin' with now?
[BESS]
I livin' with thе cripple Porgy
[CROWN, spoken]
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
[CROWN]
You sure got funny taste in mеn, but that's your business
I ain't care who you take up with while I's away
But 'member what I told you
He's temporary
I reckon it'll just be a couple of weeks now 'fore I comes for you
[BESS]
Crown, I got somethin' to tell you
[CROWN]
What that?
[BESS]
I, I livin' with Porgy now, and I livin' decent
[CROWN]
You hear what I told you
I said in a couple of weeks I's comin' for you
And you is goin' tote fair, unless you wants to meet your God
[CROWN, spoken]
You get that?
[Boat whistle sounds.]
[BESS, spoken]
Take your hands off me, I'm gonna miss that boat
[CROWN]
You tellin' me that you'd rather have that cripple than Crown?
[BESS]
It's like this, Crown
I's the only woman Porgy ever had
And I's thinking now, how it's gonna be tonight
When all these other people go back to Catfish Row
He'll be sittin' and watchin' the big front gate
A-countin' 'em off, waitin' for Bess
And when the last woman goes home to her man
And I ain't there—
[CROWN, spoken]
Ha ha ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
[BESS, spoken]
Lemme go, Crown!
You can get plenty of other women
[CROWN]
What I wants with other woman?
[CROWN, spoken]
I gots a woman and that's you, see!
Credits
Andrew Smith (Actor)

Andrew Smith (Actor)

Clamma Dale

Clamma Dale

About “Crown!” by Andrew Smith (Actor)

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