1.

A Woman Is A Sometime Thing

Dubose Heyward - Ira Gershwin - George Gershwin

© Gershwin Pub, ASCAP

Listen to your daddy warn you
Fore you start a travelin'
Woman may born you
Love you and mourn you
But a woman is a sometime thing
Yes a woman is a sometime thing

Your mama is the first to name you
And she'll tie you to her apron string
Then she'll shame you and she'll blame you
Till your woman comes to claim you
Cause a woman is a sometime thing
Yes a woman is a sometime thing

Don't you never let a woman grieve you
Just cause she's got your wedding ring
She'll love you and deceive you
And she'll take your clothes and leave you
Cause a woman is a sometime thing
Yes a woman is a sometime thing

Yes a woman is a sometime thing
Yes a woman is a sometime thing
A sometime thing

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2.

Summertime

Dubose Heyward - Ira Gershwin - George Gershwin

© Gershwin Pub, ASCAP

Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
So hush little baby don't you cry

One of these mornin's you're gonna rise up singin'
Then you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky
But till that mornin' there's nothin' can harm you
With Daddy and Mammy standin' by

One of these mornin's you're gonna rise up singin'
Then you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky
But till that mornin' there ain't nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' standin' by

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3.

I Got Plenty O'Nuttin'

Dubose Heyward - Ira Gershwin - George Gershwin

© Gershwin Pub, ASCAP

I got plenty of nothin' nothin's plenty for me
I got no car got no mule got no misery

The folks with plenty of plenty
Got a lock on the door
Afraid somebody's a gonna rob 'em
While they are out making more what for

I got no lock on the door that's no way to be
They can steal the rug from the floor
That's okay with me
Cause the things that I prize
Like the stars in the skies are all free

I got plenty of nothin' nothin's plenty for me
I got my gal got my song
Got heaven the whole day long
Got my gal got my Lord got my song

I got plenty of nothin' nothin's plenty for me
I got the sun got the moon got the deep blue sea

The folks with plenty of plenty
Got to pray all the day
Seems with plenty you sure got to worry
How to keep the devil away away

I ain't frettin' bout hell
Till the time arrives
Never worry long as I'm well
Never one to strive
To be good to be bad
What the hell I am glad I'm alive

I got plenty of nothin'
Nothin's plenty for me
I got my gal got my song
Got heaven the whole day long
Got my gal got my Lord got my song
Got my song got my song mmm

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4.

I Wants To Stay Here

Dubose Heyward - Ira Gershwin - George Gershwin

© Gershwin Pub, ASCAP

I wanna stay here but I ain't worthy
You are too decent to understand
For when I see him he hypnotize me
When he take hold of me with his hot hand

Someday I know he's comin' back to call me
He's gonna handle me and hold me so
It's gonna be like dyin' Porgy deep inside me
But when he calls I know I have to go

I love you Porgy don't let him take me
Don't let him handle me and drive me mad
If you can keep me I wanna stay here
With you forever and I'd be glad

I love you Porgy don't let him take me
Don't let him handle me with his hot hands
If you can keep me I want to stay here
With you forever I've got my man

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5.

Bess You Is My Woman

Dubose Heyward - Ira Gershwin - George Gershwin

© Gershwin Pub, ASCAP

Bess you is my woman now you is you is
And you must laugh and sing and dance for two instead of one
Want no wrinkle on your brow no how
Because the sorrow of the past is all done done
Oh Bess my Bess the real happiness has just begun

Porgy I'm your woman now I is I is
And I ain't never goin' nowhere less you share the fun
There's no wrinkle on my brow no how
But I ain't goin' you hear me sayin'
If you ain't goin' with you I'm stayin'
Porgy I'm your woman now I'm yours forever

Mornin' time and evenin' time summer time and winter time
Mornin' time and evenin' timе and summer time and winter time
Bess you got your man

Porgy I'm your woman now (Bess you're my woman now and forever)
I is I is and I ain't never goin' nowhere (This life has just begun)
Less you share the fun (Bess we two are one now and forever)
There's no wrinkle on my brow (Bess don't mind those woman)
Nohow (You've got your Porgy you love your Porgy)
But I ain't goin' you hear me sayin'
If you ain't goin' with you I'm stayin'
Porgy I'm your woman now (We'll go swingin' through the years)
I'm yours forever (A singin')

Mornin' time and evenin' time and summer time and winter time
Mornin' time and evenin' time and summer time and winter time

Oh my Porgy (My Bess) my man Porgy (My Bess)
From this minute I'm tellin' you
I keep this vow Porgy (Oh my Bessie)
I'm your woman now (We're happy now we are one) now

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6.

It Ain't Necessarily So

Dubose Heyward - Ira Gershwin - George Gershwin

© Gershwin Pub, ASCAP

It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
Ain't necessarily so

Little David was small but oh my
Little David was small but oh my
He fought big Goliath
Who lay down and dieth
Little David was small but oh my
[ instrumental ]
Oh Jonah he lived in a whale
Oh Jonah he lived in the whale
For he made his home in
That fish's abdomen
Oh Jonah he lived in the whale

Little Moses was found in a stream
Little Moses was found in a stream
He floated on water
Till old Pharaoh's daughter
She fished him oh she says from that stream
[ instrumental ]
It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
They tell all you chillun
The devil's a villain
Ah but it ain't necessarily so

To get into Heaven
Don't snap for a seven
Live clean don't have no fault
Oh I takes that gospel
Whenever it's possible
Yeah but with a grain of salt

Methuselah lived nine hundred years
Methuselah lived nine hundred years
But who calls that livin'
When no gal'll give in
To no man what's nine hundred years

I'm preachin' this sermon to show
It ain't nessa ain't nessa
Ain't nessa ain't nessa
Ain't necessarily so
Oh no it ain't so

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7.

Strawberry Woman / Honey Man / Crab Man

Dubose Heyward - Ira Gershwin - George Gershwin

© Gershwin Pub, ASCAP

Strawberries strawberries
Oh they're so fresh and fine
And they're just off the vine
Strawberry strawberry
Strawberries

Here come the honey man
Yes ma'am here's the honey man
You got honey in your pot
Yes ma'am I got honey in my pot

Here come the honey man
Yes ma'am here's the honey man
Is your honey sweet
Yes ma'am my honey very sweet

Here come the honey man
Yes ma'am here's the honey man
Here come the honey man

I'm talkin' about devil crabs (Here come the honey man)
I'm talkin' about devil crabs (Yes ma'am he's the honey man)
I'm talkin' about the food I sells
She crabs (She crabs)
Devil crabs
I'm talkin' about the food I sells (Here come the honey man)
I'm talkin' about your pocket book (Yes ma'am he's the honey man)
I'm talkin' about devil crabs
She crabs
Devil crabs
I'm talkin' about the food I sells
She crabs
Devil crabs
I'm talkin' about the crabs I sell

Oh they're so fresh and fine
And they're just off the vine
Strawberry (Here come the honey man)
Strawberry (I'm talkin' about the devil crabs)
Yes they're so fresh and fine
And they're just off the vine
Strawberry (Yes ma'am here the honey man)
Strawberries (I'm talkin' about the food I sell)

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8.

My Man's Gone Now

Dubose Heyward - Ira Gershwin - George Gershwin

© Gershwin Pub, ASCAP

My man's gone now
Ain't no use in listenin'
For his tired footsteps
Climbin' up my stairs ah ah

Old Man Sorrow's
Come to keep me company
Whispering beside me
When I say my prayers ah ah

Ain't that I mind workin'
Work and me are travelers
Journeying together
To the promised land

But Old Man Sorrow's
Marchin' all the way with me
Tellin' me I'm old now
Since I lose my man
Since I lose my man
Since I lose my man ah ah

Old Man Sorrow
Sittin' by the fireplace
Lyin' all night long
By me in the bed

Tellin' me the same thing
Mornin' noon and еvenin'
That I'm all alone now
Since my man is dead ah
Since my man is gone ah

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9.

Bess Oh Where's My Bess

Dubose Heyward - Ira Gershwin - George Gershwin

© Gershwin Pub, ASCAP

Oh Bess oh where's my Bess
Won't somebody tell me where
I don't care what she say
I don't care what she done
Won't somebody tell me where's my Bess
Oh Bess

Oh Lord my Bess I want her now
Without her I can't go on
I counted the days that 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 my Bess
Oh Bess oh where's my Bess
Won't somebody tell me where

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10.

There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York

Dubose Heyward - Ira Gershwin - George Gershwin

© Gershwin Pub, ASCAP

There's a boat that's leavin' soon for New York
Come with me
That's where we belong sister
You and me can live that high life in New York
Come with me
There we won't go wrong sister

I'll buy you the swellest mansion
Up on upper Fifth Avenue
And through Harlem we'll go struttin'
We'll go a struttin'
And there'll be nothin' too good for you

I'll dress up in silks and satins
In the latest Paris styles
All the blues you'll be forgettin'
You'll be forgettin'
There'll be no frettin'
Just nothin' but smiles

Come along with me that's the place
Don't be a fool come along come along

There's a boat that's leavin' soon for New York
Come with me
That's where we belong sister
That's where we belong
[ instrumental ]
All the blues you'll be forgettin'
You'll be forgettin'
There'll be no frettin'
Just nothin' but smiles

Come along with me that's the place
Don't be a fool come along come along

There's a boat that's leavin' soon for New York
Come with me
That's where we belong
That's where we belong

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