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What You Want Wid Bess? Lyrics by Clamma Dale, Andrew Smith (Actor)

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

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[BESS]
Oh, what you want with Bess?
She's gettin' old now
Take a fine young gal
For to satisfy Crown
Look at this chest
And look at these arms you got
You know how it's always been with me
These five years I been your woman
You could kick me in the street
And when you wanted me back
You could whistle and there I was
Back again, lickin' your hand
There's plenty better lookin' gal than Bess
[BESS & CROWN]
Can't you see (What I wants with other woman?)
I'm with Porgy, now and forever (I gots a woman, yes)
I am his woman (And that is you, yes)
He would die without me (That is you, yes)
Oh, Crown, won't you let me go (I need you now and you're mine)
To my man (Just as long as I want you)
To my man? (No cripple goin' take my woman from mе)
He is a cripple (You is got your man tonight)
And needs my love (And that is Crown)
All my lovе (Yes, Crown)
What you want with Bess? (You're my woman, Bess)
Oh, let me go to my man (I'm tellin' you, now I'm your man)
[BESS]
What you want with Bess?
Credits
Clamma Dale

Clamma Dale

Andrew Smith (Actor)

Andrew Smith (Actor)

About “What You Want Wid Bess?” by Clamma Dale

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