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Oh, nobody knows when de Lord is gonna call

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George Gershwin
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Porgy and Bess (Houston Grand Opera Cast & Orchestra feat. conductor: John DeMain, bass-baritone: Donnie Ray Albert, soprano: Clamma Dale)
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On Porgy and Bess (Houston Grand Opera Cast & Orchestra feat. conductor: John DeMain, bass-baritone: Donnie Ray Albert, soprano: Clamma Dale)

1983 · 57 tracks

01Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?2:24
01Act II, Scene 1: It Takes a Long Pull to Get There3:20
01Act I, Scene 1: Introduction and Jasbo Brown Blues5:07
02Summertime2:41
02Act II, Scene 4: Oh, Doctor Jesus (Hurricane Scene); Summertime (Reprise)4:49
02Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic0:39
03What make you so still, Bess; Oh, dere's somebody knockin'1:53
03I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'2:47
03Oh, nobody knows when de Lord is gonna call6:16
04A Woman Is a Sometime Thing2:12
04Lissen there, what I tells you1:12
04You is a nice parcel of Christians4:17
05I Hates Yo' Struttin' Style1:08
05Here come de honey man; Porgy's Entrance4:58
05A Red-Headed Woman1:39
06Here comes Big Boy! (Entrance of Crown and Bess)6:57
06Jake's boat in de river3:05
06Mornin', Lawyer4:20
07Act III, Scene 1: Clara, Clara3:47
07Oh, little stars, little stars4:12
07Dey's a Buckra comin'2:23
08The Buzzard Song3:22
08Wake up an' hit it out4:36
08You low-lived skunk1:58
09Act I, Scene 2: Gone, Gone, Gone3:32
09Lo, Bess, goin' to the picnic?3:19
09Summertime (Reprise); death of Crown4:32
10Overflow2:32
10Bess, You Is My Woman6:01
10Act III, Scene 2: Wait for us at the corner, Al4:08
11Oh, I Can'ts Sit Down1:38
11What is your name?3:46
11Well, well, well, a saucer-burying setup3:35
12Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face!1:56
12My Man's Gone Now4:44
12What's de matter wid you, sister?2:38
13There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York4:12
13Act II, Scene 2: I Ain't Got No Shame2:42
13How de saucer stan' now, my sister?2:06
14Act III, Scene 3: Catfish Row Interlude3:22
14Leavin' for the Promise' Lan'4:33
14It Ain't Necessarily So3:10
15Good mornin', sistuh! Good mornin', brudder!2:22
15Dance; Shame on all you sinners2:18
16It's Porgy comin' home6:18
16Crown!4:08
17What You Wasnt wid Bess?2:29
17Oh, Bess, Oh, Where's My Bess2:28
18Lemme go, hear dat boat1:28
18Bess is gone1:49
19Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way1:37
19Act II, Scene 3: Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for2:31
20Take yo' hands off me, I say2:32
21Oh, Doctor Jesus2:18
22Strawberry Woman; Honey Man; Crab Man3:11
23Now de time, oh, Gawd3:26
24I Loves You, Porgy3:45