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I love you,
Porgy (George and Ira Gershwin / DuBois Heyward)
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 want to stay with you forever
And I'll 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 with you forever
I like my man
Someday I know he's coming
Back to call me
He's gonna handle me
And hold me so
It's going to be like dying, Porgy
When he calls me
But when he comes, I know
I'll have to go
Show version:
I loves you Porgy
(Gershwin)
Bess:
I wants to stay here, but I ain't worthy,
You is too decent to understan',
For when I see him, he hypnotise me,
When he take hol' of me with his hot han'.
Someday, I know he's comin' back to
call me,
He's goin' to handle me and hol' me so.
It's goin' to belike dyin', Porgy, deep inside me.
But when he calls, I know I have to go.
Porgy:
If dere warn't no Crown, Bess,
If dere was only jus' you an' Porgy,
What den?
Bess:
I loves you Porgy, don' let him take me,
Don' let him handle me an' drive me mad.
If you kin keep me, I wants to stay here
Wid you forever, an' I'd be glad.
Porgy:
There, there, Bess, you don' need to be afraid no mo',
You's picked up happiness an' laid yo' worries down.
You goin' to live easy, you goin' to live high.
You goin' to outshine ev'ry woman in dis town.
An' remember, when Crown come -
That's my business, Bess!
[Bess and Porgy sing together]
Bess:
I loves you Porgy, don' let him take me,
Don' let him handle me an' drive me mad.
If you kin keep me, I wants to stay here
Wid you forever,
I got my man.
Porgy:
What you think I is anyway,
To let dat dirty houn' dog steal my woman?
If you wants to stay wid Porgy, you goin' stay.
You got a home now,
Honey, an' you got love.
So no mo' cryin', can't you understan'?
You gon' to go about yo' business, singin',
'Cause you got Porgy, you got a man.
