From the folk opera “Porgy and Bess”, 1935 words by Du Bose Heyward music by George Gershwin
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My man’s gone now, ain’t no use a-listenin’
For his tired footsteps climbin’ up de stairs
Ah, Ah
Ole Man Sorrow’s come to keep me company
Whisperin’ beside me when I say my prayers
Ah, Ah
Ain’t that I min’ workin’, Work an’ me is travellers
Journeyin’ togedder to de promise land
But Ole Man Sorrow’s marchin’ all de way wid me
Tellin’ me I’m ole now since I lose my man
Since she lose her man
Since I lose my man
Ah, Ah
Ole Man Sorrow sittin’ by de fireplace
Lyin’ all night long by me in de bed
Tellin’ me de same thing mornin’, noon an’ eb’nin’
That I’m all along now since my man is dead
Ah, since my man is dead
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