Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song What You Want Wid Bess?, artist - Louis Armstrong. Album song Summertime Overture, in the genre ДжазDate of issue: 14.07.2017
Record label: Reissue
Song language: English
What You Want Wid Bess? |
| 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' wi out 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.) |