I Was Powerful Sick…

BESS
(Within the shanty)
Porgy, Porgy, dat you there, ain' it?

PORGY
Thank Gawd, thank Gawd!

BESS
I lonesome here all by myself, it's hot in there
Come here, sit here with you, keep me cool.

PORGY
Oh, Bess! Bess!

BESS
I been sick?

PORGY
Yes, You're real sick. But now I got you back, Bess.

BESS
How for sick?

PORGY
You come back from Kittiwah with eye like fireball, and you ain't know me
What's the matter, Bess?

PORGY
I guess I ain' know nuttin' wid de fever, or I ain' come back at all.

PORGY
That's all right Honey, don't you worry
I know you'd been with Crown.

BESS
How you know?

PORGY
Gawd give cripple to understan' many things he ain't give strong men.

BESS
You want me to go away?

PORGY
Do you want to go? Answer 'No'. Tell the truth
Tell me how things stan' between you an' Crown?

BESS
He's comin' for me when de cotton come to town.

PORGY
You goin'?

BESS
I tell him, yes
Porgy
Why your muscle pull up like that?
It makes me afraid.

PORGY
I ain' try to keep no woman what don't want to stay
If you wants to go to Crown, Dat's for you to say.