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Mornin’ Lawyer Lyrics by Donnie Ray Albert, Clamma Dale, Carol Brice

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

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[MARIA]
Mornin', Lawyer, lookin’ for somebody?
[FRAZIER]
Porgy live here, don't he?
[MARIA]
He sure do, right over there's his room
[MARIA, spoken]
Hey Porgy, here’s Lawyer Frazier to see you
[FRAZIER]
Mornin', Porgy
[PORGY]
Mornin', Lawyer
[FRAZIER]
Ain't that Crown's Bess in your room?
[PORGY]
No, sir, she ain't, she's Porgy's Bess
[FRAZIER]
Ah ha, ah ha, Porgy’s Bess, eh?
Then I guess she’ll be wantin' divorce
[PORGY, spoken]
Huh?
[FRAZIER]
If the woman livin’ with you now
She got to have divorce from Crown or else it ain't legal
[FRAZIER takes document and shows it to PORGY.]
[PORGY, spoken]
How much that thing cost?
[FRAZIER]
One dollar
That is, if there ain't no complications
[PORGY, spoken]
Bess, you likes to have divorce?
[BESS]
What you think, Porgy?
[PORGY]
I'm a-goin’ to buy you a divorcе
[PORGY counts out money and hands it to FRAZIER.]
[FRAZIER, spoken]
Wait a minute
It ain't legal yet
Your namе?
[ENSEMBLE, spoken]
Bess!
[FRAZIER]
Your age?
[BESS]
Twenty year
[ENSEMBLE]
Lord, Lord, listen what she say
That girl's thirty if she's a day
[FRAZIER]
You desire to be divorce from that man Crown?
[ENSEMBLE]
Sure she do, sure she do
Yes sir, yes sir, sure she do!
[FRAZIER]
I'm askin' you
[BESS]
Yes, boss, that's true
[FRAZIER]
Address the court as "Your honor"
[ENSEMBLE]
Yes, your honor
Yes, your honor
Yes, your honor
Yes, your honor
[FRAZIER]
When was you and Crown marry?
[BESS]
I don't rightly remember, your honor
[FRAZIER]
One year, five year, ten year, what?
[LILY, spoken]
That gal ain't never marry!
[FRAZIER]
Ah, that's a complication
[ENSEMBLE]
That's a complication
That's a complication
Lord, Lord—
[MAN, spoken]
That is a complication
[PORGY]
You can't sell her divorce, gimme back my dollar!
[ENSEMBLE laughs.]
[FRAZIER]
'Course I sells divorce
You got no right to laugh
But it take expert to divorce woman what ain't marry
And it'll cost you
[FRAZIER, spoken]
Uh huh, a dollar and a half
[BESS]
Don't pay him, Porgy
Don't let him take you in
[FRAZIER]
All right, go on livin' in sin
[PORGY counts out money and gives it to FRAZIER, who signs and seals paper and hands it to BESS.]
Good day to you, Mrs. Porgy
Only dollar and a half to change from woman to lady
[ENSEMBLE]
Woman to lady, woman to lady
Lord, Lord, woman to lady!
Credits
Donnie Ray Albert

Donnie Ray Albert

Clamma Dale

Clamma Dale

Carol Brice

Carol Brice

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