Pearl Bailey — Bess You Is My Woman

Bess, you is my woman now You is, you is! An' you mus' laugh an' sing an' dance For two instead of one Want no wrinkle on yo' brow Nohow Because de sorrow of de past is all done done Oh, Bess, my Bess! Bess: Porgy, I's yo' woman now I is, I is! An' I ain't never goin' nowhere 'less you shares de fun Dere's no wrinkle on my brow Nohow But I ain't goin'! You hear me sayin' If you ain' goin', wid you I'm stayin'! Porgy, I's yo' woman now! I's yours forever Mornin' time an' evenin' time an' Summer time an' winter time Porgy: Mornin' time an' evenin' time an' Summer time an' winter time Bess, you got yo' man Bess, you is my woman now and forever.* Dis life is jes' begun Bess, we two is one Now an' forever Oh, bess, don't min' dose women You got yo' Porgy I knows you means it I seen it in yo' eyes, Bess We'll go swingin' Through de years a-singin' Bess: Mornin' time an' evenin' time an' Summer time an' winter time Porgy: Mornin' time an' evenin' time an' Summer time an' winter time Bess: Oh, my Porgy, my man, Porgy Porgy: [simultaneously] My bess, my Bess Bess: From dis minute I'm tellin' you, I keep dis vow: Porgy, I's yo' Woman now Porgy: [simultaneously] From dis minute I'm tellin' you, I keep dis vow: Oh, my Bessie, we's happy now. We is one now