Oh...What You Want Wid Bess

Oh... What you want wid Bess?
She's gettin' ole now
Take a fine young gal
For to satisfy Crown.

Look at this chest
An' look at these arms you got
You know how it always been with me
These five years I been yo' woman.

You could kick me in the street
Then when you wanted me back
You could whistle, an' there I was
Back again, lickin' yo' hand.

There's plenty better lookin' gal than Bess
Can' you see, I'm with Porgy
Now and forever
I am his woman, he would die without me.

Oh, Crown, won't you let me go to my man, to my man
He is a cripple an' needs my love, all my love
What you want wid Bess? Oh, let me go to my man.

What I wants wid other woman
I gots a woman, yes
An' dat is you, yes, dat is you, yes
I need you now an' you're mine jus' as long as I want you.

No cripple goin' take my woman from me
You got a man tonight an' that is Crown, yes, Crown, yes crown
You're my woman, Bess, I'm tellin' you, now I'm your man.

What you want with Bess?
Lemme go, Crown dat boat, it's goin' wiout me!
You ain't goin' nowhere!
Take yo' hands off me, I say, yo' hands, yo' hands, yo hands
I knows you' ain' change - wid you and me it always be the same
Git in dat thicket.