Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - The Sony Opera House

Oh, I Can't Sit Down!

by George Gershwin

on Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - The Sony Opera House (1977)

Oh, I can't sit down!
Got to keep a-goin'
Like the flowin'
Of a song
Oh, I can't sit down!
Guess I'll take my honey
An' her sunny
Smile along
Today I is gay an' I's free
Jes' a bubblin'
Nothin' troublin'
Me
Oh, I'm going to town
I can't sit down!

Happy feelin'
In my bones a-stealin'
No concealin'
Dat it's picnic day
Sho' is dandy
Got de licker handy
Me an' Mandy
We is on de way
'Cause dis is picnic day

Oh, I can't sit down!
Got to keep a-jumpin'
To de thumpin'
Of de drum
Oh, I can't sit down!
Full of locomotion
Like an ocean
Full of rum
Today I is gay an' I's free
Jes' a bubblin'
Nothin' troublin'
Me
Oh, I'm going to town
I can't, jes' can't sit down!

Song Comments (1)
On Oh, I Can't Sit Down! by George Gershwin

By Nancy S

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This was awesome to find. When I was in high school the music department put on Porgy and Bess. I enjoyed singing this song. I felt like I was in the south apart of those who performed it on Broadway. Thank you for allowing me to find this song.
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