Lyric Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Porgy:
Bess, you is my woman now,
you is, you is!
An you mus laugh an sing an dance
for two instead of one.
Want no wrinkle on yo brow,
Nohow,
Because de sorrow of de past is all done done
Oh, Bess, my Bess!
Bess:
Porgy, I s yo woman now,
I is, I is!
An I ain t never goin nowhere less you shares de fun.
Dere s no wrinkle on my brow,
Nohow,
But I ain t goin ! You hear me sayin ,
If you ain goin , wid you I m stayin !
Porgy, I s yo woman now!
I s yours forever -
Mornin time an evenin time an
summer time an winter time.
Porgy:
Mornin time an evenin time an
summer time an winter time.
Bess, you got yo man.
Bess, you is my woman now and forever.*
Dis life is jes begun,
Bess, we two is one
Now an forever.
Oh, bess, don t min dose women.
You got yo Porgy.
I knows you means it,
I seen it in yo eyes, Bess.
We ll go swingin
Through de years a-singin .
Bess:
Mornin time an evenin time an
summer time an winter time.
Porgy:
Mornin time an evenin time an
summer time an winter time.
Bess:
Oh, my Porgy, my man, Porgy.
Porgy: [simultaneously] My bess, my Bess.
Bess: From dis minute I m tellin you, I keep dis vow: Porgy, I s yo
woman now.
Porgy: [simultaneously]
From dis minute I m tellin you, I keep dis vow:
Oh, my Bessie, we s happy now. We is one now.
*Sung as Bess repeats her part from Porgy, I s yo woman now...
through I s yours forever -
Bess, you is my woman now,
you is, you is!
An you mus laugh an sing an dance
for two instead of one.
Want no wrinkle on yo brow,
Nohow,
Because de sorrow of de past is all done done
Oh, Bess, my Bess!
Bess:
Porgy, I s yo woman now,
I is, I is!
An I ain t never goin nowhere less you shares de fun.
Dere s no wrinkle on my brow,
Nohow,
But I ain t goin ! You hear me sayin ,
If you ain goin , wid you I m stayin !
Porgy, I s yo woman now!
I s yours forever -
Mornin time an evenin time an
summer time an winter time.
Porgy:
Mornin time an evenin time an
summer time an winter time.
Bess, you got yo man.
Bess, you is my woman now and forever.*
Dis life is jes begun,
Bess, we two is one
Now an forever.
Oh, bess, don t min dose women.
You got yo Porgy.
I knows you means it,
I seen it in yo eyes, Bess.
We ll go swingin
Through de years a-singin .
Bess:
Mornin time an evenin time an
summer time an winter time.
Porgy:
Mornin time an evenin time an
summer time an winter time.
Bess:
Oh, my Porgy, my man, Porgy.
Porgy: [simultaneously] My bess, my Bess.
Bess: From dis minute I m tellin you, I keep dis vow: Porgy, I s yo
woman now.
Porgy: [simultaneously]
From dis minute I m tellin you, I keep dis vow:
Oh, my Bessie, we s happy now. We is one now.
*Sung as Bess repeats her part from Porgy, I s yo woman now...
through I s yours forever -