[Verse 1]
Why do you want Bess?
She's gettin' old now
Takes a fine young gal
For to satisfy Crown

[Bridge]
Look at this chest
And look at these arms you got
You know how it's always been with me
These five years I've been your woman
You could kick me in the street
Then when you wanted me back

[Verse 2]
You could whistle and there I was
Back again, lickin' your hand
There's plenty better lookin' gals than Bess

[Interlude]
Can't 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 and needs my love
All my love
[Verse 3]
Why do you want Bess?
Oh, let me go to my man
Why do you want Bess?