Ella Fitzgerald What You Want Wid Bess? Lyrics

What You Want Wid Bess? Lyrics

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. . .

CROWN
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.

 (Pressing her very close)

 BESS
 What you want with Bess?
 (Boat whistles)
 Lemme go, Crown dat boat, it`s goin` wiout me!

 CROWN
 You ain`t goin` nowhere!

 BESS
 (Weakening)
 Take yo` hands off me, I say, yo` hands, yo` hands, yo hands.
 (Crown kisses her passionately)

 CROWN
 I knows you` ain` change - wid you and me it always be the
 same. Git in dat thicket.
 (Bess backs into woods; Crown follows.)