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Bess, you is my woman now you is, you is
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An' you mus' laugh an' sing an' dance
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For two instead of one
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Want no wrinkle on yo' brow nohow
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Because de sorrow of de past is all done done
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Oh, bess, my bess
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Porgy, I's yo' woman now I is, I is!
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An' i ain't never goin' nowhere
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'less you shares de fun dere's no wrinkle on my brow nohow
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On my brow nohow but I ain't goin' you hear
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Me sayin' if you ain' goin', wid you I'm stayin'
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Porgy, I's yo' woman now
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I's yours forever mornin' time an'
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Evenin' time an' summer time an' win ter time
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Mornin' time an' evenin' time an'
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Summer time an' winter time bess
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You got yo' man bess, you is my woman
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Now and forever dis life is jes' begun bess, we two is one
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Now an' forever oh, bess, don't min' dose women
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You got yo' Porgy I knows you means it
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I seen it in yo' eyes, bess we'll go swingin'
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Through de years a-singin'
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Mornin' time an' evenin' time an'
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Summer time an' winter time
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Mornin' time an' evenin' time an'
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Summer time an' winter time
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Oh, my porgy, my man, Porgy
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Porgy: {simultaneously} my bess, my bess
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Bess: from dis minute I'm tellin' you, I keep dis vow
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Porgy, I's yo' woman now porgy: {simultaneously}
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From dis minute I'm tellin'
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You, I keep dis vow
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I seen it in yo' eyes, bess we'll go swingin'
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Oh, my bessie, we's happy now, we is
Written by George Gehrswin, Ira Gehrswin and Dubose Weyward