Track Title: Porgy and Bess: Summertime; It Ain't Necessarily So; I Loves You, Porgy Album Title: Gershwin: Greatest Hits Prime Artist: George Gershwin (b. Jacob Gershvin) Vocal: Sarah Vaughan Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas Lyrics: Summertime and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is fine Oh your Daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin' So hush little baby, don't you cry One of these mornings You're goin' to rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And you'll take the sky But till that morning There's a nothin' can harm you With daddy and mammy standin' by Sportin' Life: It ain't necessarily so, All: It ain't necessarily so. Sportin' Life: De t'ings dat yo li'ble To read in de Bible - It ain't necessarily so. Li'l' David was small, but oh my! All: Li'l' David was small, but oh my! Sportin' Life: He fought Big Goliath Who lay down and dieth - Li'l' David was small, but oh my! Wadoo! Ensemble: Wadoo! Sportin' Life: Zim bam boddle-oo! Ensemble: Zim bam boddle-oo! Sportin' Life: Hoodle ah da waah da! Ensemble: Hoodle ah da waah da! Sportin' Life: Scatty way! Ensemble: Scatty wah! Sportin' Life: Yeah! Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale All: Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale. Sportin' Life: Fo' he made his home in Dat fish's abdomen - Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale. L'il' Moses was found in a stream All: L'il' Moses was found in a stream Sportin' Life: He floated on water 'Till Ole' Pharaoh's daughter She fished him, she says from dat stream. Wadoo! Ensemble: Wadoo! Sportin' Life: | Zim bam boddle-oo! Ensemble: Zim bam boddle-oo! Sportin' Life: Hoodle ah da waah da! Ensemble: Hoodle ah da waah da! Sportin' Life: Scatty way! Ensemble: Scatty wah! Sportin' Life: Yeah! It ain't necessarily so All: It ain't necessarily so Sportin' Life: Dey tell all you chillun De Debble's a villun But 'tain't necessarily so. To get into Hebbben Don't snap fo' a sebben - Live clean! Don' have no fault! Oh, I takes dat gospel Whenever it's pos'ple - But wid a grain of salt! Methus'lah lived nine hundred years, All: Methus'lah lived nine hundred years, Sportin' Life: But who calls dat livin' When no gal'll give in To no man what's nine hundred years? I'm preachin' dis sermon to show It ain't nessa, ain't nessa, Ain't nessa, ain't nessa - All: It ain't necessarily so! 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'd be glad I loves you Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me With his hot hand If you can keep me, I wants to stay here With you forever I got my man 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 Porgy, I's your woman now I is, I is... And I ain't never goin' nowhere 'Less you shares the fun Want no wrinkle on your brow, No how Because the sorrow of the past is all Done, done My Porgy, |