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“There’ A Boat Dat’s Leaving Soon For New York”. Ο Sporting Life [McHenry Boatwright] δελεάζει με υποσχέσεις την Bess [Leona Mitchell] για να ταξιδέψει μαζί του στη Νέα Υόρκη. Από την Τρίτη Πράξη [φινάλε σκηνής 2] του Porgy And Bess.
H βερσιόν του Lorin Maazel με την Cleveland Orchestra, 1976, ήταν η πρώτη ολοκληρωμένη ηχογράφηση της όπερας, ο συνθέτης της οποίας είναι από τους πλέον διάσημους του September born musicians club.

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“There’ A Boat Dat’s Leaving Soon For New York”. Sporting Life [McHenry Boatwright] lures Bess [Leona Mitchell] with promises to travel with him to New York. From Act Three [scene 2, finale] of Porgy And Bess.
Lorin Maazel’s version with the Cleveland Orchestra, 1976, was the first complete recording of the opera, the composer of which is among the most famous members of September born musicians club.

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❝ There’s a boat dat’s leavin’ soon for New York
Come wid me
Dat’s where we belong, sister
You an’ me kin live dat high life in New York
Come wid me
Dere you can’t go wrong, sister
I’ll buy you de swellest mansion
Up on upper Fi’th Avenue
An’ through Harlem we’ll go struttin’
We’ll go a-struttin’
An’ dere’ll be nuttin’
Too good for you
I’ll dress you in silks and satins
In de latest Paris styles
And de blues you’ll be forgettin’
You’ll be forgettin’
There’ll be no frettin’
Jes nothin’ but smiles
Come along wid me
Dat’s de place
Don’t be a fool, come along, come along
There’s a boat dat’s leavin’ soon for New York
Come wid me
Dat’s where we belong, sister
Dat’s where we belong!
Come on, Bess! ❞

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Enjoy!

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