Gone, Gone, Gone

(SERENA'S ROOM)

WOMAN
Where is brudder Robbins?

ALL
He's a-gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone.

WOMAN
I seen him in de mornin' wid his work clo'es on

ALL
But he's gone...
Robbins is gone, gone, gone, gone, gone.
Gone, gone, gone, gone,gone...

BESS
... Gonna go in there?

PORGY
You gonna pay your respect
Come on near with me

SERENA
Who's dat acomin' climbin' up my house?

MARIA
It's Porgy, an' Bess is with him.

SERENA
What's dat woman comin' here for?

(Porgy and Bess enter. Bess advances
toward bier, money in hand)

SERENA
I don't need yo' money for to bury my man.

BESS
Dis ain't Crown's money.
Porgy give me my money now.

SERENA
All right, then.
But let him can put it in the saucer.

WOMAN
Come on, sister, come on, brudder,
Fill up the saucer till it overflow,

GROUP
Overflow, overflow.
Fill up de saucer till it overflow
Overflow
Everybody helpin' now - sendin' our brudder to heaven,
Lawd, Oh Lawd, send down your angels!
Robbins is rising to heaven!

SERENA
How de saucer stand now, my sister?
It's only fourteen dollars an' fifty cent.
What am I goin' to do if I ain' got the money?

Repeat:(Overflow, overflow.
Fill up de saucer till it overflow...)