PORGY

 I ain' axin' yo' opinion.

 Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess,

 Won't somebody tell me where?

 I ain' care what she say,

 I ain' care what she done,

 won't somebody tell me where's my Bess?

 Bess, Oh, Lawd,



My Bess! I want her now,

Widout her I can't go on.

I counted de days dat I was gone

Till I got home to see her face.

Won't somebody tell me where's my Bess?

I want her so, my gal, my Bess,

where is she?

Oh Gawd, in yo' big Heav'n

please show me where I mus' go,

oh give me de strength, show me de way!

Tell me de truth, where is she, where is my gal,

where is my Bess!