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es THE THEATRE GUILD | PR PORGY an Ss d BESS Music ny GEORGE GERSHWIN LIDRETTO ny SETTINGS ny DU BOSE HEYWARD SERGEI SOUDEIKINE Lyrics By ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR } DU BOSE HEYWARD and ALEXANDER SMALLENS IRA GERSHWIN PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY ROUBEN MAMOULIAN PUMLISHED By BLISHING CORPORATION NEW YORK, N.Y. GERSHWIN Pu! Porgy & Bess CAST OF CHARACTERS PORGY «new Bass-Baritone TODD DUNCAN BESS Soprano .. ANNE WIGGINS BROWN CROWN “ ssonnon Baritone WARREN COLEMAN SERENA Soprano ... oo RUBY ELZY CLARA se SOREN ABBIE, MITCHELL MARIA .Contralto GEORGETTE HARVEY JAKE Baritone EDDIE. MATTHEWS SPORTING LIFE ‘Tenor JOHN W. BUBBLES MINGO dnd Tenor FORD L. BUCK ROBBINS ‘Tenor HENRY DAVIS PETER Tenor GUS SIMONS FRAZIER Baritone J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON ANNIE Mezzo-Soprano OLIVE BALL LILY ‘Mezz0-Soprano HELEN DOWDY STRAWBERRY WOMAN Mezzo-Soprano HELEN DOWDY JIM . Baritone JACK CARR UNDERTAKER Baritone JOHN GARTH NELSON . soconnne 200 Tenor RAY YEATS CRAB MAN a 2nd Tenor RAY YEATS MR. ARCHDALE GEORGE LESSEY DETECTIVE ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, POLICEMAN -HAROLD WOOLF CORONER GEORGE CARLETON SCIPIO THE EVA JESSYE CHOIR SCIPIO Catherine Jackin Ayers, Daslesn Duval, Cowan Lilian, Sara Daigest, Kate Hall, Akonell Hines, Louise Howard, Harriet, Jackson, Rosle King, Auotta Maitall, Wilnette Mayer, Sede McGill, Masie Paterson, Annabelle Ross, Lovise Twyman, Helen R. White, Mus, Willams, Reginald Berne, G. Harey Bolden, Baward Brosdnax, Carroll Cltk, Joueph Cranford, John Diggs, Lecnatd Franklin, fohn Gerth, Joueph James, Clarence Jacobs, Allen Lewis, Jimmie Lightfoot, Lycurgat Lackmans Henry May, Junius McDanieh, Arthar MeLean, William O'Neil, Rebert Raines, Andrew Taylor, Leon Threadgil, Jimmie Water, Robert Willams ‘THE CHARLESTON ORPHANS’ BAND, Resoners oF Currant Row, Fisuenurn, Cunomn, Srevevonts, Ere. ALEXANDER STEINART. o.oo Musical Coach Hanon Wootr, Stage Manager J. Rosamono Jounson..... feet. Musical Coach Frances Heaatorr.. Asst. Stage Manager wean bag somel INDEX OF SONGS BummerTime 2 2 oe re What You Want Wid Bes? 5. 6. 313 Gone, Gone, Gone. Ss 108 ‘Oh Dey’ So Feesh An’ Fine My Man's Gone Nowe 0c ees sa (Suawberry Woman) It Take A Long Pull To Get There. + 190 Hae Come De Honey Man Oh, 1 Got Plenty O° Nuttin? + : 197 yLWante To Say Here. 5 + ee ae ‘Gh, Doctor Jos : ea Q There's A Bost Dats Leavin’ Soon Bes, You Is My Woman Now. 5 252 peanee ned wa Orchestra Pana [Hd] pits mosso 6 Orchestra Lights come up on another group on stage in the center of decrese ‘which Clara sits with her baby i her arms, racking it bach and forth De mf espressivo a] | | (Lullaby, with much expression) 7] Sum-mer time __ an’ the liv-in’ is Fish are jump-in, | poco rit or hush, lit-tle ba- by, don yo’ . liek SS Pe See ia ey apr TT 16 One of these morn-i yougoin’ to rise_ up Women's Voices an! you'll take.the sky. ooh But till that -morn-in’ 22) Vistesso tempo With Dad-dy an’ Mam-my stand - 7 Moderato J.93 Lights fage ont and come wp on sil another group ee: > rs Sf schereando ma con brathera a2 this time a crap gume PE 24 (freely) —— MINGO mp Oh, — no-bod-y knows whende Lord___ is goin’ to = colla parte Roll dem bones, SPORTING LIFE Tenors nf Roll dem bones, Basses "fh Roll dem bones, Roll dem bones, ho = poco rail. rollt (freely), 10co_rall It may be in thesum-mertime an’ may be in the fail. = P0600 rall a calla parte poco ral a tempo = But you got to leave yo! ba ~ by an’ yo" toco rail ‘poco rail 20 27 t ar’ so Roll dem bones! Oh my brudder, oh my brud-der! fervently Roll dem bones! Oh my brud-der, oh my brud-der, = brud - der, Roll dom 2 Moderato molto deciso 30 a wt 8 ae a F = = ieee ae FS nS ee he ee ee SH § ke be ie Bi] Pia mosso 4: 122 ‘The stage grows lighter and Catfish Row takes up its normal might life. Children ‘pass from door to door Couples walk about. The er Ba te te wast ¥ Allegretto Js ‘rolling dice JAKE if (ell enunciated) ® 35} = — Sporting Life produces om dive i 4 = -—— Idon't likesthat kind o? Iuckt_ | — SE — oe a a SPORTING LIFE (spokem (loud, in anger) Mingo grabs dice. * Damn you,give me dom bones! ‘What do you say to these, Jake? eed ee "+ Symbols indicate direction of voice and approximate pitch. . * : i Themis the same cockeyed bones what clean the game out_ last Sat ur-day night =e ——3 ' “pe # espressivo p er ea . ae If they rolls in this game, SERENA (to Robbins, #leadingly.) Hon'- ey - boy! t 2 Come on down, Rob-bins, wo're wait-ing for 26 [39 of a : mp Hon-ey,dor't play to-night. Do like I say. 40 Allegretto d- 12 ABQBBINS Caescende several steps and turns bach to her) of been sweatin’ all day Night time 4 scherzando 41) mp He got a right to for- get his trou-bles. \. calmato right to mp schersando SERENA If you had-n't been drink- in’ you would-n’t talk. to me that way. DP sostenuto ain't neb-berhear Lord Je - sus say nutt-in’ "bout got to play. 28 43) ROBBINS ispoten) Lis-sen what I say, Sun-day got to pray. But Sat-ur-day night__ got aright to play. Yes sir, that’s right. Tenors my A man's got a right to 29 mp That ole— la-dy of mine is hell on sav-in >RE> mon-ey to join the bu-ry-in’ pile animato marcato Jim enters and saunters over to group, with several children following him. ’ I istir- ed this night, Tm done with cot-ton. JAKE "D2 Bet - ter come along with a (spoken This cot-ton hook done swung i y bale of cot - ton, =F =3) > ppd aps, cry = coup MB. in who wants a cot-ton hook? tp x of te 32 _ Scipio captures it 50) wed F Pag TP 13,55 CLARA twang with baiyy Mf exbressively Sum = mer uy gee time, GRAP sHOoTERS (Crap game chaiten) 1st Man an’ the liv - in’ is zs 2, . Sev-en come, sev-en—— pap-py! Fish are jump-in Fr — an’ the cot - fonis beat-ti-ful num-berl — seven to mel eu CRAP SHOOTERS a. Crop Shoo! 33 52. 4 ra i= § f ——a a and Mon je SSS ~#*— = =| Fl Get tin’ hot! 3ed_ Man nf. De SSS TH bet he's right, an’ yo! ma is good look a4 | = Se cl. — a? ——— So hush, lit- tle ba- by, Don’. yo (AIL gather in moneys Crop shooters sev-en come =———. i P decrese. 95 Con moto Con moto 4.. 96 nt, that chile— ain't a - sleep Give him ta me. itm F Allegretto 108 F Tike tabes baby from Clara fix him for Poco meno 4-95 ta age “ be he be eae» z : — = 2 Sj “fore you start a-trav- el - ‘Wo-man may born—you, love you, dn’ mourn you, Sf ‘a some- time some-time thing. __MINGO mf = woman is Oh, FF Mi 37 =P oo —* «Hae Pod = z eH 3 —_ Yo! mam-my is the first to name you, an’ she'll 4 es ao = — == sdme-time thing. jie ee . - A + ne oS Sa Se DEE Pe ee Sores | ft wo-man is a some-time thing. Wo-man is & some - time 38 59} thing. SPORTING LIFE 79 Oh, a wo-manis a some-time thing. yf nev-er let a wo- man grieve you Jus’ ‘cause sho got yo! wed-din’ ring. lexsly avis] love youand de-ceive you then she'll take yo'cloes an’ leave you, a9 * a some-time ALL All 0 [62] hands back baby) = = i = E thing, Yes, a wo-man is some - time There now, a wo-man + time thing, | Thing, Yes, @ 2 22 all thing, Yes, a Baby waits) 4 == = what I tells_you; He's a-sloop al - ready. Al semplice [G3] Men at crap game langh. CLARA (spoken) Carries baby out He got bet-ter sense than to —_lis-tento that lon~ sense. Ropains Tf Jake, youmake a bet-ter crap shoot-er, ft risoluto a (eter off stage off stage) i ee ee See, 4 f= 5] Allegretto J. 108 PETER (the honey man) enters through arch, hon-ey man. Yes mam,— dis de DP subito ¢ leggiero — = = hon-ey-man, ‘You got hon-ey in de comb?__ Yes mam, I got hon-ey in is yo’ hon-ey Yes_. mam, my Here come hon-ey man [G7] Vistesso tempo uly here come Pet-erl_ Vistesso tempo £ PD grazioso = a hon-ey ver-y cheap. takes tray from his head. “4 sit aw rest. nf 3 == a = =F Sci- pi-ol_ (spoken Me. = Here come Por-gy. O-pen the gate for him. 45 i Scipio stops playing mouth organ | 65] Allegretto animato.4-120 and opens one side of iron gate— e1ED PE eae — Porgy enters in goat cart crot y. eet. him Moderato pomposo 4- ss SE ee aE) CFE Here's the o!” crap sharkl Now well havea game! porey Bve-nin’ Ja- dies, semplice mp espressivo i= i83 46 Po. hel= lo, boys! Luck been rid-in’ high with Por-gy to - day. en — es Ue, -» T gota pock- et full of the Buck- ra mon-oy, be ug pb. [72 — — pokey gS Po, an’ its go-in’ to a-ay man te What gotthe guts to shoot it = eee el ee MINGO p Get oa down, son, we'll take it.,,,SPORTING LIFE down 3 2 " 73, ROBINS ™p long @-nough. = viteis ate La veub ‘You bes’ wait for Crown. = 1? i see him animand ete ote o —— Jim comin’ tak-in’ the whole sidewalk, ee PorGy ™p “is Bess with him? 48 75] sake "Di be Lis ~ sen to Por - gy. aS = Ithinkhe’s sof’on Crown's Ay, (All the mem laugh) swap two words with MARIA maf Por-gy got— too good to look twice freely atthat I-quor gte-zlin’ slut. anyf’ SERENA ‘That gal Bess aint fit for Gawd fear-in' la-dies to ‘sociate with, ~~ — ff poco, agitato ie be 3 ke ke PORGY Can't you keep yo" mouth Off Bess. to ‘poco meno mr Sa la-dies an’ the Gawd damnin’ men that gal ain't got 4 chance. > ae 50 Ain’ I tells you Por - gy sof on her? FFB] PORGY temphatically) Animato con forza J a 79) ‘Molto meno ——— Subito allegro Por-gy ain’ sof’ on no wo-manj They pass by singin’ Molto meno ae colla voce Pe 80} Moderato ben risoluto Po rhythmically —_ look in my do! an’ they keep on mov-in" Z TF mean him_ to be Ione-some road, 81 con moto dolores = = ‘Night time, day time, ceo arg broadertwith great feeling) (firmly) al-ways look-in._ They Sp cella voce (with free expression) — 9 ‘When Gawd make cripple, he Night time, day time, sadly) cola voce he got to trab-ble dat ‘he got to trabble dat lone- some = Da tempo is Bt 52 [82] Con brio 4.126 All laugh Crown and Bese enter. Anger de 88 astgote in street ying, [83] tee ee stews Crown shouts aff stage. Frightens children who rum | fmartellato Seana MINGO (poten) (General greeting of Crown Hore comes Big Boy! JAKE ‘pokem ¥ ~ —— - a =e "Low Crowal JIM ‘apokem "Low Besst et and Bess by crap ring) Fe 2 vf, ce = Pay him, Bess! Crown tahes long drink loves his liqu-on ee [86] Po, but some day she’s gon-na throw him down. +e. =~ CROWN Carops to knees to play) hands bottle to. Bess whis- key jus’ as weak SERENA Boss extends bottle to Robbins, a [G5] Meno mosso Rob-bins, have _one_to Gawd fear - in’ — ff the la - dies. a tempo Moderato 4 = 96 a There's noth-in’ like ‘em, thank Gawd. ies CROWN ‘natehos bottle) 90) A nis ‘spoke snimate Fe ba: peyetee are Oh no, you don't. Allright, mens, I'm an-swer-in’ me? RH. 9 AU throw dotem mone. Moderato con moto + 122 per P quasi scherz0s0 Tom Tom > ROBBINS throws dice) Box-cars a-gain. Cov-er hell = => = ———=- = — ttpotens + =e eg == 7 #F pi mma = " to pass “em a- long a see, fF T can break my luck. Eb 3 = = 93] Le = MINGO"P one Paes x 6 << Fe Rob-bins’ Ja-dy ain't al - low him but fif - ty 58 Ail Laugh at Robbin cent an’ he can'ttake no chano-es_- withbad luck. all right hon-ey boy, Tilstake you. when yo’ four bits done SERENA Go a-head an > poe ‘You ain't need no char-i-ty off no Sree (95) BESS (opoken See what f get for you. Yor Sp rrr PORGY to Robbins) wed - ding ring. — 96] Moderatod-o gh, Joke passes dice to Mingo. of’ by ype — eo OR. = = ee Don't you ev-er let a wo- man 60 97| vo, SESS love you an’ de-ceive ‘Take yo' clots an' leave you, = -e Ato love you an’ do- 4 love you an’ de-ceive you, eats LPtdagd ve you an’ do-ceive you, Ta 0 fae eae 2 hp y 4 Sop. & Alto 6 = Ten. & Boss 6 AU Laugh espr. Moderato con moto ¢ 32 SERENA That galain'tneed to wor-ry bout no man ness ™p - — = t—$ Some wo-men got to. marry @ man Ue) ‘Shut yo damn mouthi You dont give ce Min-go a chance AN throw down money. [1O! Mi marcato ORF 6a Old snake-eye go off ax —— ——a ss 102. Throws dice, scoops up dice. n't seen that sev-en yet, 64 ctr - eo i = & = x : : = What I throw? SPORTING LIFE a ae i SS : : = Z 7 Sev = en. roles Fe agp — = He throw sev-en a cage stay one Tas Be = SS = 7 - Well there's more than one nig ger done 7 * « x Be ¥ + 2 zo Say = for pull-in’em in before I roads em, sel >. = oe SS et = 65 Say = ine o- ver to- night. ea MINGO chappity) F105 b Moderato +: o6 mam - my’s gone an’ yo! dad - dy’s hap-py, Come home lit-tle bones, come * shoots dive Mi home to pappy. ft Fe 000 accel. * 88 106) Con spirito J = 110 ‘spoken shoots dice (a long thret) Mi Come four! ite accel Por, he Crown picks up dive and puts down Baba — — ‘ Crapped out. eBNS i ie sowtiw [eS | | | HI cE a ] is _ crown = ~ =e — = — I sHoots ike fala fel fala tele eh = faba 67 [107] shoots dice Come clean you lit-tle_ blackeyed bitches. colla parte - _misterioso 2 hy — Produces rabbit foo, ix, sixt SPORTING LIFE Six to make! rab-bit foot ‘and show these niggers how to = — 68 Throws dice SPORTING LIFE Crapped come to your pap - py. 109 ROBBINS gf? | Crown too cock-eyed drunk to read ‘em. ig: 110] (poker) -—— Boss looks at dite That is the trow-ble. Ha ——__ Ha hal et Ha ha hal 69 (sboken) tr # Give me a pinch of hap-py dust, 3 $5 Sport-in’ Life ane Hes ug-ly drunk | ay = ready. OWN, ‘shouting? “Pay him an’ shut up. 2 b freon Fuoco takes paper from n (173) Sporting Life and inhales contents Bess pays Sporting Life te shalteech £ 3 9 D ¢ |scherzando at 2 ce \p subito ie PS perer "uf 7 Frien’ = You mens b 2 relaxes, fia < shoots P FE 7 SPORTING LiF las Huh, sev-en! Huh, ml uh, sev-en! home, Fi-do! Whistles, pults im pot, AU ante 3 A Tough at him 116) ‘Allegretto animato ¢= 10 oo + amar Holf of group cteasingly) Crown cock-eyed drunk, Other halt cteasingty) Mf, Crown cock - eyed cant tell dice froma wa- ter mel-on; Crown cock-eyed drunk, be #£ Par a hho cart tell dice froma wa- ter mel-on. Crown —cock- eyed 117] Moderato ¢ = 100 1 B Gr. == can'ttell dice froma wa- u Gr. “Shut apt” (hoots again) JM Por - gy — shoots now. Crapped, 6 HIS] Posy samaying with exes half closed? shoots (while singing? chanting Oh lit-tle stars, lit-tle stars roll, roll, roll me some light, colla_ parte TT Pulls tm pot All ante. a am Pe, = ‘lev-en lit-tle stars come home, come home;—____ roll dis poor a (shoots) beg-gar a stm an’ a — moon,— ——— Lit-tle Joe. MINGO _ mp), Li? Joe. no,my broth-er, that ain't lit-tle Joe, They isthe morn-in’ an’ the just you watch ‘em rise an’ shine for Crown grabs his arm tf Pr = £ “g, (shoots aie) IM Porgy (puits im pot) 24) (Porgy loughs, rolls up sleeve. CROWN pF Sr ‘Well,you got them damn dice, con-jer then. a 123] AN ante, Porgy rolls boy, I'm a crap shoot-in’ id-i- ot. RES of sempre erese LH poco migreato 78 123] Robbins totes up b ips th : abbins teks ub Boner, snaps them up rapily, whistles, shoots Re ‘Allegretto 4-110 Rolled out! SPORTING LIFE Crapped out! JAKE Grapped outl = Allegretto d=119 oP nf scherzando 124) ROBBINS ‘whistles, shoots, snaps fingers, Nine come nine! sweeps up money, ines his wrist.) Ro, Read ‘eml_, Nine spot! Nine right! marcato [125] Re, CROWN (fiercely) = ——F— Tako yor han’ off me Touch that mon-ey an’ meet yo’ Gawd! i = = > = —S S you Idus - y houn’, that brick be - hin’ you. y - 4 __lepohen _ — °o <—— EF = Ss le ti | [126] CROWN ‘everyone excited) No - bod - ys wid Crown's MINGO i Looks liketrou-ble He made his nine, MARIA, Theres gon-na be a fight, PORGY aft eo Rob-bins bes Dat’s right, 80 Cr = mon - &y. Mi he made his nine, Ma. Hold him back, will sure 2 2 (holds Robbins by collar and throws him down over to lefts SPORTING LIFE (spoken) 7 Robbins aint got (spoken a chance wid Some-bod-y holdthem back, Crown got _mlir-der in his eyel | take care + big. — = SS Some- bod - y hold them back! ‘Look out get hurt. 127] an a m 4s een Segre agitate, ma non troppo J =e Oh, stop them! f excitedly Some one willsure-ly get hurt, so nf excitedly Aint you Bet - ter nif excitedly Crown is drunk, Sf excitedly Look out, SPORTING LIFE inf excitedly Crown cock-eyed drunk, Womens Group Mens Group Allegro agitato, ma non troppo 2-144 fe deciso Bt won't some - bod - y— sense? he don’ know what he's oy 2S fight! | warned him, — ohl__ stop them! there's goin’ be some trou - ble maf Some one is gon-na got like a real fight, Rob - bins done for, excited! Sf sxcitedly some one will get 83 mf pm Won't some - bod- y fa qe slop it, wor al- ways make a lit- tle bit too hurt! np excitedly Crown. is drunk! much, is act- Rob- bins. got no 84 [28] ae stop them,wor't some-bod-y stop them now! Hell kill “im, hell kill 7 S> Why must peo-ple fight? chance, oh Rob-bins got no chancel 85. nig- ger when he's bad, bad _ 88 Oh, stop them, won’ some one A = = oe SS = + it's aw- fal, it's sim-ply #4 ft £. = F Mg Crown hart —Reb-bins! Mi = ag # @ : Crown's had too 1 = : SSS S $ Crown's had too been epee, e Come on, lets stop demnowscome on,letsstep dem! Why Some-thing mighty bad is boun' to. hap - pent 87 Crown is Crown is ——_—— = —— is deb-bil when he's drink-in’ like Hold dem ‘Won't some one 88 FED) Un poco pitt mosso bod- y stop dem! make 'em cut it he will sure-ly kill dat — manl "de worst fight some one hol’ dem — back! Un poco pitt mosso 89 Jake reaches brich-bat. Rotbins starts for Crown sho grabs him and throws him down, Shutters of windows open, > be > be oo a 2 shafts of Light flash across stage bee te 131) shen she tries to hel Robbins, Fight continues as directed = — = | = = ee ; Bie Gis ee ‘ Be a 7 a ae at 92 93 136) ‘Women Sf fraytically Can't a- ay -bod y make Crown Men ff frantically Rob - bins z [137| y make Crown stop? 0m fuoeg___—_—____ Folio eres, 95 light and attacks him with the cotton hook. Crown hits Robbine billing Ws & ag con iutta sforea Bow, Robbins drape La at Porgy door. Serena sereams, rags herself upon the body JAKE (spoken hystericaliy) r ywern Je-sus, he’s killed him! 140] In tempo e molto nervoso BESS. my an’ hit ‘You ain't 96 (at word "police" crowd disappears) lst word "police ood asap will be com- int SSS AQ] anxiously Boss shakes Crown to hie senses CROWN = ‘Where you go-in’ hide? by AEH can 7 Some man al-ways will-in’ fo — They knows you an I pulls to-geth- er. B: P misterioso take care of Bess Croughly) Well, get this: who ever he is,he's tem-po-ra-ry. P ike prima io Bp sombre 98 ie = =P pe 4 5 - ‘All right, on-ly get out now. nf deliberately vg — ke c ee E lee or 144] Crown starts for gate Allegro ¢ = 102 145) Andante con moto 4 =76 BESS Fs ‘That you, Sport-in’ Life? SPORTING LIFE Sure, an'I& the — on-ly frient_you got ? Andante con moto 4:76 Gi mp nervoso For Gawd’s sake, give me atouchof hap-py dust, I shak-in’ 100 149) oF a ee as so I can hard-fy Sporting Life gives her powder. sg z z beta slpahins cbs faieheah pp =] SSS SS eS , - @ —S— Se heh : jac SS A == EE = =e z ¥ ie SPORTING LiFe = (git a a oat zr iS He = - a ae Lis-ten, il be go-in’ to NewYork soon, Pil hide you out an’ take youwithme. Why, you an’ me will make a_ swell team. 101 Stinks out gate the cops ain't go-in’ find me here for no ‘Allegro ma non troppod: Bess looks for shelter— tries doors— they are locked or slammed in ees [eee nei = ‘her face ia — oo 102 152 Subito molto vivo J=152 yen e nf poco a poco erese ee : 2 z 104 153] Listesso tempo Moderato calmato ¢ =100 MARIA Gpokem 3 Caraga ‘You done bring trouble enough, get out before the po- lice come, sess _mp Bleadingly You would-r’t have a heart an’ let me in, 105 nf, Ma. = Not till hell freeze! That's Por-gy, he ain't no use to your kind, Who_live /o-ver there? 154] Boss turns slowly towards gate ‘Allegretto commodo Ma. = he's a crip-ple and a beg-gar. -—J 155) As she reaches it, Police whistle sonds her back. Caer 108 Aa which she must pass om the way: molto rallentando nf’ pesante ———— 156) ‘Andante con molto espressione 4-60 Listesso tempo = "bo -.->~ Tepe. ctiehesbeben.. sj marcato == . 107 157] Andante appassionato as a 1158} al bl = Calmat fbe y ean oop ee ee ee = nf —| ov mel in Paley —_ 108 ACT I Scene IL The curtain rises on Serena's room. Robbins! body lies on bed én center of room ‘and Serena sits af foot. Room ts filled with mourners. rligionly and fred Larghetto 4: 60 B _—_ All Solo Sopranos Where is brud-der Rob- bins? 1st Alto 2nd Alto Tenor tt Boss 2nd Bass Larghetto 4 = co ee a = cs he LO SP alta parte 109 159] Andante 4-65 Quasi marcia funebre decrese. 2 p = a = Sop. = one, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. seen him in de morn-in' wid his f. decrese. ___P a AL Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, Kone. f decrese. a A2 Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. decrese Ten. gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. Sie decrese P BI Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. f. decrese. a 82 Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. Andante 4 + 66 Quasi marcia funebre * decresc. 110 Sop. Ad Az Bi B2 Come prima 60] Come prima bb ke gh ___ decrese. ~ PD. _ ip Be Spa = SS Se "work eles on, But he’s gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, decrese i. be = Se = SS Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone | g fh _ aecrese. D E o = =: = Gone, gone, gone, gone, na af decrese - _ as = + = —— =— SS. But he's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. So _ expressively Eo | — 4 Ss Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. An’ T fees, _ Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. Bar, Solo seen him in the noon-time io, straight an’ tall, att But death a-come a-walk-in’ in the decrese. _ mp ES = — == = =fe= oof =E =2 ane SSS $ gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. Ant fut _ fa eerese. “ee — = Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, Hi i fr decrese Az = - = ¢ = é 7 = o ce ie Fe Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. e decrese. | = t = mp ae re — vo f = 3 = SS gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. Figg _ deere. mp = Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gon decrese. mp f: Gy 112 a — =>—. (Seloerese, One, Sop death touched Rob-bins wid a sil - ver knife. Gone, gone, gone, gone, DP erese. Al Gone, gone, gone, AL ‘An’ he's gone, gone, gone, gone, Dp crese. Ten, Gone, gone, gone, gone, By eres, | 84 Gone, gone, gone, B2 gone, gone, gone, 113 Sop. Al gone, gone, gone. A2 = gone, gone, gone. An’ he's f Ten. gone, gone, gone. Bt f B2 gone, gone, gone. An’ he's 14 162] —= gone, gone, Rob-bins is S| At Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, Robbins is mp_crese == A2 gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, Oh,he’s gone Rob-bins is gone— Pores, = —F te Ton. Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, * gone. Rob-bins is mB crese b =. bs Ba Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, Rob-bins is == i res = 755 B2 = ‘gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. Oh,he’s gone. Rob-bins is gone— ft Sop, AL A2 Ten. Bt 32 163] plainticely aumoing? — 15 ee FIBA] (Sound of steps outside dooreay) decresc. ef gone, gone, goney decrese. <¥ decrese. oe | 116 SERENA my Who's dat a-com- in? climb - in’ up my steps? panna opens door) Tes Por - gy un poch. marc. Sep, gone, gone, un pock mare. AL SS gone, gone, —— un pooh, marc. Aa ze ‘gone, gone, un poch. marc, Ten. gone, gone, un poch. mare. gone, gone, gone, at gone, un poch. marc. B2 gone, gone, gone, Pe PP dolce (cola voce) Sop. Ad A2 Ten, Ba 8.2 Y Bess ‘springs (0 her feet) a-help - in’ him What's f with hatred dat wo-man com - in’ here for? a7 118 ES] Poray and Boss enter Ress ausances toward bed, money in hand. Sop. crese. Al Az Ton. Bu Bz 119 Dis ain't Crown's mon-ey._ 3 fou Sa a I don’t need yo’ mon-ey for to bur-y my man, xP Sop. AL A2 Ten, 8. B2 120 Sop. AL A2 Ten, BY B2 “tz 20 Por-gy give me my mon-ey now.— Allright then. You can put it gone, gone, in dv AL A2 Ten. Bl a2 101 U66] Subito con spirito 4:88 Hands sencer to Bess who carries it to Porgy orgy and Bess put monty in aanere sau-cer! Solo (fanatically) = Come on sis- ter, come on brud-der, fill up de sau-cer till it Subito con spirito = ss 122 167) Bess returns it to Serena who sits counting the money tm $0 All principals sing here according to thate voices ees Pras Sees Sop, o-ver- flow, o-ver-flow, o-ver- flow, fill up de sau-cer till it fa AL o-ver- flow, o-ver- flows = Aa o-ver-flow, o-ver-flow, fill up de sau - cer fre Ten. o-ver- flow, o-ver- flow, fiz FEE o-ver- flow, —o-ver- flow, feet B2 o-ver-flow, —o-ver- flow, 128 68) Petr and Ly, ener Crop ppp Money into sencer fe» PR Yes, my Je = sus, 0-ver - flow. (fanatically again) solo CUMS® de ———S o-ver ~ flow, 2p o-ver - flow., a _decrese, ——— AY ~ flow, o- ver - flow. = deorese. A2 flow, decrease. Ton. o- ver - flow, = deorese. p op. BI + flow, o-ver ~ flow. we _deorese —— Bz = flow, decrese. = ae Sep, = Al Aa Ten. 8. 82 court-house fs. = court-house court-house courthouse court-house courthouse court - house 125, Lawd will Lawd will be meet_ you Lawd will meet. you at de 126 sus, courtshouse court-hotse vourt-howse do; court-house ~ P court-house dof eourt-house ay court-house doy. > court-house do} court - house 427 170) Andante J- as g4 SERENA bee 5 pose Bae Four-teen dol-lars an’ ent, by MARIA TT ten. " — stan’ now, my sis-ter? + BE = 2p on : fs = 5 = Gone, gone, gone, Pp - ie — Gone, gone, gone, gone, + = Oh, lie's gone, gone, Kone, Gone, gone gone, gone, — Gone, - Pp - = = = fe : f - Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, re Andante J =66 es 1 = Bp doloroso 2 be 128 What am I go-in’ do if we ain’ got de mon-ey?__ you can bur-y him soon. 229 (shouted Bless Lord! PORGY ‘chanting de Lor Gawd got plen- ty of mon-ey for de sempre colla parte pn _ Armenny Je-sts! = > . An’ be go-it’ to sof-fen dese people heart for to fill de sau-cor till he spill all o-ver. F\_All shoxted) "FO ‘A-menmy Je-sual De Lawd will pro-vide a grave for his CLARA Bless de Lawd! 130 All showtea FES bam a F 6 ee ——F = —————— — = An he got com-fort for do wid - der ro. DE wi he s ee = S 7 g : a iG z = te s+ ss An . z = a4 =# — = An’ he go- in feed is fad-der-less chil - en. E (shouted) = : : = == 7 — Yes Lawd, Truth Lewd! An’ he go-in’ JAKE raise, dis poor sin-ner up out of de grave.

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