Porgy: 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