Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong — I Wants to Stay Here

BESS I wants to stay here But I ain't worthy You is too decent to understan' For when I see him he hypnotize me When he take hold of me with his hot hand Someday I know he's coming back to call me He's goin' to handle me an' hold me so It's goin' to be like 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 and laid yo' worries down You goin' to live easy, you goin' to live high You goin' to outshine every woman in dis town An' remember, when Crown come that's my business, Bess! BESS I loves you, Porgy Don' let him take me Don' let him handle me With his hot han' 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 goin' to go about yo' business, singin' 'cause You got Porgy, you got a man