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Porgy and Bess

Opera

Writers: George Gershwin DuBose Heyward Ira Gershwin

Songs

ACT ONE

  • â€�Summertimeâ€� - Clara
  • “Roll Dem Bonesâ€� - Mingo, Sportinâ€� Life, Jake, Robbins, Jim, Crap Shooters
  • “A Woman Is a Sometime Thingâ€� - Jake, Sportinâ€� Life, Ensemble
  • “Porgy’s Entranceâ€� - Ensemble
  • “Crap Gameâ€� - Ensemble
  • “The Killing of Robbinsâ€� - Ensemble
  • “Gone, Gone, Goneâ€� - Ensemble
  • “Overflowâ€� - Ensemble
  • â€�My Man’s Gone Nowâ€� - Serena
  • “Leaving for the Promised Landâ€� - Bess, Ensemble

ACT TWO

  • “It Takes a Long Pull to Get Thereâ€� - Jake, Fishermen
  • â€�I Got Plenty Oâ€� Nuttinâ€�â€� - Porgy, Ensemble
  • “I Hates Yoâ€� Struttinâ€� Styleâ€� - Maria
  • “Picnics Is All Right…â€� - Sportinâ€� Life, Bess
  • “Bess, You Is My Woman Nowâ€� - Porgy
  • “Oh, I Can’t Sit Downâ€� - Ensemble
  • “I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (Reprise)â€� - Porgy
  • “I Ain’t Got No Shameâ€� - Ensemble
  • “It Ain’t Necessarily Soâ€� - Sportinâ€� Life, Ensemble
  • “Shame On All You Sinners!â€� - Serena
  • “What You Want With Bess?â€� - Bess, Crown
  • “Oh, Doctor Jesusâ€� - Serena, Peter, Porgy, Maria
  • “Vendors Trioâ€� - Strawberry Woman, Peter the Honeyman, Crab Man
  • “I Was Powerful Sickâ€� - Bess, Porgy
  • “I Loves You Porgyâ€� - Porgy, Bess
  • “Oh, Doctor Jesus (Reprise)â€� - Ensemble
  • “Summertime (Reprise)â€� - Clara
  • “Oh, There’s Somebody Knocking at the Doorâ€� - Peter, Mingo, Maria, Ensemble
  • “A Red Headed Womanâ€� - Crown

ACT THREE

  • “Clara Don’t You Be Downheartedâ€� - Women
  • “Summertime (Reprise)â€� - Bess
  • â€�There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavinâ€� Soon for New Yorkâ€� - Sportinâ€� Life
  • “Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess?â€� - Porgy, Maria, Serena
  • “Oh Lord, I’m on My Wayâ€� - Porgy, Ensemble

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.


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