"American Playhouse" The Gershwins', Porgy & Bess (TV Episode 1993) Poster

Willard White: Porgy

Quotes 

  • Porgy : [singing]  Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin', An' nuttin's plenty for me.

  • Porgy : [singing]  Bess, you is my woman now, You is, you is, And you must sing and dance and play 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 is just begun.

  • Porgy : [singing]  If there weren't no Crown, Bess, If there was only just you and Porgy, what then?

    Bess : [singing]  I loves you, Porgy, Don't let him take me, Don't let him handle me, And drive me mad. If you can keep me, I wants to stay here, With you forever, And I'll be glad.

  • Porgy : [singing]  Can't you keep your mouth off Bess? Between the Gawd-fearing ladies and the Gawd-damnin' men, That girl ain't got a chance!

    Jake : [singing]  Ain't I tell you Porgy's sof' on her?

    Porgy : [singing]  No,no, brother! Porgy ain't sof' on no woman.

    [sadly, still singing] 

    Porgy : They pass by singin', They pass by cryin', Always lookin'. They look in my door. And they keep on movin'! When God make cripple, He mean him to be lonely. Night time, daytime, He got to travel that lonesome road. Night time, day time, He gotta travel that lonesome road.

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