Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?

Lyrics by: Ira Gershwin

Lyrics by: Du Bose Heyward

Music by: George Gershwin

From the Album: The V-Disc, 1943-1947, disc 2

From the Show: Porgy and Bess (1935)

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Oh, Bess, oh, where's my Bess?

Won't somebody tell me where?

I ain't care what she say, I ain't care what she done

Won't somebody tell me where's my Bess? Bess

My Bess, I want her now

Without her I can't go on

I counted the days that I was gone

Till I got home to see her face

Won't somebody tell me where's my Bess?

I want her so, my gal, my Bess

Where is she?

Oh, Lord, in your big heaven

Please show me where I must go

Oh, give me the strength, show me the way

Tell me the truth, where is she?

Where is my gal?

Where's my Bess?