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I Loves You, Porgy Lyrics by Anne Brown, Todd Duncan

Selections from George Gershwin’s Folk Opera Porgy and Bess

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[BESS]
I lonesome there all by myself
It's hot in there
Let me sit here with you in the cool
[PORGY]
Oh, Bess! Bess!
[BESS]
I been sick, ain't I?
[PORGY]
You been very sick
But now I got you back, Bess
[BESS]
How long I been sick?
[PORGY]
Over a week now
You come back from Kittiwah with eye like fireball
And Maria get you into bed
And you ain't know me
[PORGY, spoken]
What's the matter, Bess?
[BESS]
I guess I ain't know nothin' with the fever
Or I ain't come back at all
[PORGY, spoken]
That's alright, honey
[PORGY]
Don't you worry, honey
I know you been with Crown
[BESS, spoken]
How you know?
[PORGY]
God give cripple to understand many thing he ain't give strong men
[BESS]
You ain't want me to go 'way?
[PORGY]
No, no
I ain't want you to go
How things stand between you and Crown?
[BESS]
He's comin' for me when the cotton comes to town
[PORGY, spoken]
You goin'?
[BESS]
I tell him, yes
[BESS, spoken]
Porgy, God, man
Why your muscle pull up like that?
It makes me afraid
[PORGY]
If there were no Crown, Bess
If there was only just you and Porgy, what then?
[BESS]
I loves you, Porgy
Don't let him take me
Don't let him handle me
And drive me mad
If you can keep me
I wants to stay here
With you forever
Then I'd be glad
[PORGY]
There, there, Bess, you don't need to be afraid no more
You's picked up happiness and laid your worries down
You gonna live easy, you gonna live high
You gonna outshine any woman in this town
And remember, when Crown comes, that's my business
Bess!
[BESS & PORGY]
I loves you, Porgy (What you think I is anyway)
Don't let him take me (To let another fellow steal my woman?)
Don't let him handle me (If you want to stay with Porgy)
With his hot hand (You gonna stay, you got a home now, honey)
And you got love
If you can keep me (So no more cryin', can't you understand?)
I wants to stay here (You goin' to go about your business, singin')
With you forever ('Cause you got Porgy)
I got my man (You got a man)
Credits
Anne Brown

Anne Brown

Todd Duncan

Todd Duncan

About “I Loves You, Porgy” by Anne Brown

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