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Well, Well, Well, A Saucer-Burying Setup Lyrics by Hansford Rowe, Donnie Ray Albert, Mervin Wallace

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

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[DETECTIVE, spoken]
Well, well, well, a saucer-burying setup, I see
You're his widow?
[SERENA]
Yes, sir
[DETECTIVE, spoken]
He didn't leave any burial insurance?
[SERENA]
No, boss, he didn't leave nothin'
[DETECTIVE, spoken]
Well, you see to it he's buried tomorrow
[To PETER.]
You killed Robbins and I'm gonna hang you for it
[LILY]
He ain't done him!
[PETER]
What he say?
[LILY]
He say you kill Robbins
[DETECTIVE, spoken]
All right, come along now!
[PETER]
'Fore God, boss, I ain't never done him
[DETECTIVE, spoken]
Who did it, then?
You heard me, who did it?
[PETER]
Crown done it, boss
I done see him do it
[DETECTIVE, spoken]
You sure you saw him?
[PETER]
I swear to God, boss
I was right there close beside
[DETECTIVE, spoken]
Ha ha ha ha, that's easy
I thought as much
[To PORGY.]
You
You saw it too
Come on, out with it
Hey, I don't wanna have to put the law on you
Look at me, you damn nigga!
[PORGY]
I don't know nothin' 'bout it, boss
[DETECTIVE, spoken]
Well, that's your room in the corner, ain't it?
[PORGY]
Yes, boss, that's my room
[DETECTIVE, spoken]
Yeah, and the door opens on the court, don't it?
[PORGY]
Yes, boss, my door opens on the court
[DETECTIVE, spoken]
And yet you didn't see or hear anything
[PORGY]
I don't know nothin' 'bout it, boss
I been asleep inside, and my door been closed
[DETECTIVE, spoken]
You're a damn liar
[Indicating PETER.]
All right, he saw the killin'
Take him along and lock him up as a material witness
[POLICEMAN, spoken]
Come along, uncle
[PETER, spoken]
I ain't never done it, boss
[MARIA]
How long you gonna lock him up for?
[POLICEMAN, spoken]
'Til we catch Crown
[PORGY]
I reckon Crown done loose now in the palmetto thickets
And there ain't no rope long enough to hang him
[DETECTIVE, spoken]
Then the old man is out of luck
All right, remember now, you've got to bury this body tomorrow
Or the board of health will get him
And turn him over to the medical students
Come on now, get the old man in the wagon!
[PETER, spoken]
I ain't never done nothin', boss
I swear to God, I ain't never done nothin'
[PORGY]
I can't puzzle this thing out
Peter was a good man, but that lousy Crown was a killer
And forever gettin' into trouble
[JAKE]
That's the truth, brother
[PORGY]
But there go Peter to be lock up like a thief
[JAKE, spoken]
Like a thief
[PORGY]
And here be Robbins with his wife and his fatherless children
And Crown done gone his ways drinkin', gamblin', swearin'
To do the same thing over and over somewheres else
Credits
Hansford Rowe

Hansford Rowe

Donnie Ray Albert

Donnie Ray Albert

Mervin Wallace

Mervin Wallace

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