I loves you Porgy

I lonesome there all by myself

It's hot in there

Let me sit here with you in the cool

Oh, Bess! Bess!

I been sick, ain't I?

You been very sick

But now I got you back, Bess

How long I been sick?

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

What's the matter, Bess?

I guess I ain't know nothin' with the fever

Or I ain't come back at all

That's alright, honey

Don't you worry, honey

I know you been with Crown

How you know?

God give cripple to understand many thing he ain't give strong men

You ain't want me to go 'way?

No, no

I ain't want you to go

How things stand between you and Crown?

He's comin' for me when the cotton comes to town

You goin'?

I tell him, yes

Porgy, God, man

Why your muscle pull up like that?

It makes me afraid

If there were no Crown, Bess

If there was only just you and Porgy, what then?

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

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!

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)