Porgy and Bess: What You Want wid Bess?

BESS

Oh What you want wid Bess

She's gettin' ole now

Take a fine young gal

For to satisfy Crown

Look at this chest

An' look at these arms you got

You know how it always been with me

These five years I been yo' woman

You could kick me in the street

Then when you wanted me back

You could whistle an' there I was

Back again lickin' yo' hand

There's plenty better lookin' gal than Bess

Can' you see I'm with Porgy

Now and forever

I am his woman he would die without me

Oh Crown won't you let me go to my man to my man

He is a cripple an' needs my love all my love

What you want wid Bess Oh let me go to my man

CROWN

What I wants wid other woman

I gots a woman yes

An' dat is you yes dat is you yes

I need you now an' you're mine jus' as long as I want you

No cripple goin' take my woman from me

You got a man tonight an' that is Crown yes Crown yes

Crown

You're my woman Bess I'm tellin' you now I'm your man

BESS

What you want with Bess

Lemme go Crown dat boat it's goin' wiout me

CROWN

You ain't goin' nowhere

BESS

Take yo' hands off me I say yo' hands yo' hands yo hands

CROWN

I knows you' ain' change wid you and me it always be

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