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There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York Lyrics by Avon Long, Anne Brown

Selections from George Gershwin’s Folk Opera Porgy and Bess

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[BESS]
Oh, God
They're gonna make him look on Crown's face
[SPORTIN' LIFE, spoken]
Ha ha ha
[SPORTIN' LIFE]
Sister, that cripple ain't goin' be no witness now
They gonna lock him up in jail
[BESS]
Lock him up?
Not for long, Sportin' Life
[SPORTIN' LIFE]
Not for long
May be one year, may be two year, may be
Just like I told you
Ain't nobody home now but Bess and old Sportin' Life
[SPORTIN' LIFE, spoken]
Ha ha
But cheer up, sister
Old Sportin' Life givin' you the stuff
To scare away them lonesome blues
[BESS]
Happy dust
I ain't want none of that stuff, I tells you
Take that stuff away, Sportin' Life
[SPORTIN' LIFE, spoken]
Take it, take it
That's the thing, ain't it?
And 'member, there's plenty more where that comes from
[SPORTIN' LIFE]
Listen
There's a boat that's leavin' soon for New York
Come with me
That's where we belong, sister
You and me can live that high life in New York
Come with me
There we can't go wrong, sister
I'll buy you the swellest mansion
Up on upper Fifth Avenue
And through Harlem we'll go struttin'
We'll go a-struttin'
And there'll be nothin'
Too good for you
I'll dress you in silks and satins
The latest Paris styles
And all your blues you'll be forgettin'
You'll be forgettin'
There'll be no frettin'
Just nothin' but smiles
Come along with me, that's the place
Don't be a fool, come along, come along
There's a boat that's leavin' soon for New York
Come with me
That's where we belong, sister
That's where we belong!
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Avon Long

Avon Long

Anne Brown

Anne Brown

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