“I GOT PLENTY OF NUTHIN’”
From Porgy and Bess (1935)
LYRICS BY IRA GERSHWIN & DEBOSE HEYWARD
(Music by George Gershwin)
1 Oh, I got (A) plenty (B) o' nuthin' (C)
2 An’ nuthin'(C)s plenty (B) for me. (B)
3 I got (A) no (D) car, got (A) no (D) mule. (E)
4 I got (A) no (D) misery. (B)
5 De folks (F) wid plenty (B) o' plenty (B)
6 Got (A) a lock (G) on dey door (H)
7 'Fraid somebody's a-goin' to rob 'em (I)
8 While dey's out a-makin' more. (H)
9 What for? (H)
10 I got no (D) lock (G) on de door. (H)
11 (Dat's no (D) way to be.) (B)
12 Dey kin steal de rug from de floor (H)
13 Dat's o.k. wid me (B)
14 'Cause de things dat I prize, (I)
15 Like de stars in de skies,(I) all are free. (B)
16 Oh, I got (A) plenty (B) o' nuthin' (C)
17 And nuthin's (C) plenty (B) fo’ me. (B)
18 I got my gal, (J) got my song (K)
19 Got Hebben (L) de whole day long.(K)
20 (No use complainin’!) (M)
21 Got my gal, (J) got my Lawd, (N) got my song. (K)
22 Oh, I got (A) plenty (B) o' nuthin' (C)
23 And nuthin'(C)s plenty (B) for me. (B)
24 Got de sun(O), got de moon (P),
25 Got (A) de deep blue sea. (B)
26 De folks (F) wid plenty (B) o' plenty (B)
27 Got (A) to pray (Q) all de day. (Q)
28 Seems wid plenty (B) you sure got to worry (B)
29 How to keep the debbel way (Q) a-way. (Q)
30 I ain’t a-frettin’ ‘bout Hell (R)
31 'Till de time arrive. (T)
32 Never worry long as I'm well, (R)
33 Never one to strive (T)
34 To be good, to be bad-- (U)
35 What the hell! (S) I is glad I's alive. (T)
36 Oh, I got (A) plenty (B) o’ nuthin’ (C)
37 And nuthin’(C)s plenty (B) fo’ me. (B)
38 I got (A) my gal, (J) got my song, (K)
39 Got (A)Hebben (L) de whole day (Q) long. (k)
40 (No use complainin’!) (M)
41 Got (A) my gal, (J) got (A) my Lawd, (N) got (A) my song! (K)
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