Helen Dowdy Song Lists
Street cries: Strawberry woman's call / Crab man's call
Helen Dowdy, Glady Goode, William Woolfolk & Georgette Harvey
Strawberry Woman's Call / Crab Man's Call
Helen Dowdy, Gladys Goode, William Woolfolk & Georgette Harvey
Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 3: "Strawberry Woman's Call" (Strawberry Woman) [Excerpts]
Decca Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Smallens & Helen Dowdy
Strawberry Woman's Call / Crab Man's Call
Helen Dowdy, Gladys Goode, William Woolfolk & Georgette Harvey
Porgy and Bess: I'm on My Way... (Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way) (Porgy and Chorus)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Bess is gone (Lily, Porgy, Serena, Mingo and Maria)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Oh, Bess, Oh, Where's My Bess (Porgy, Serena and Maria)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: It's Porgy comin' home (Mingo, Porgy, Chorus, Lily and Maria)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 3: Good mornin', sistuh! Good mornin', brudder! (Chorus)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York (Sportin' Life and Bess)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: If dere warn't no Crown, Bess... (I Loves You, Porgy) (Porgy and Bess)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Now de time, oh, Gawd (Porgy and Bess)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Oh, what you want wid Bess? (Bess)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So (Sportin' Life and Chorus)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: What's de matter wid you, sister? (Maria, Bess and Porgy)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Oh, I Can't Sit Down! (Chorus)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Bess, you is my woman now (Porgy and Bess)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Look out, dat's a buzzard!... (The Buzzard Song) (Porgy, Chorus and Archdale)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' (Porgy, Women's Chorus, Serena and Maria)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic (Annie, Jake and Clara)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1: Oh, I'm a-goin' out to the Blackfish banks... (It Take a Long Pull to Get There) (Jake)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Oh, the train is at the station... (Leavin' for the Promis' Lan') (Bess and Chorus)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: How de saucer stan' now, my sister? (Undertaker, Serena, Jake and Porgy)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: My Man's Gone Now (Serena and Women's Chorus)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Come on, sister, come on, brother... (Overflow) (Chorus, Jake, Peter, Serena, Maria and Porgy)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 2: Where is brudder Robbins?... (Gone, Gone Gone) (Chorus, Serena, Maria and Bess)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Wake up an' hit it out (Bess, Crown, Sportin' Life, Maria and Porgy)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Oh, little stars, little stars (Porgy, Mingo, Jim, Crown, Robbins, Serena, Bess, Maria, Jake and Sportin' Life)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: What, that chile ain't asleep yet?... (A Woman is a Sometime Thing) (Jake, Mingo and Sportin' Life)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Summertime (Clara, Jake, Sportin' Life, Mingo, Serena, Robbins and Jim)
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1: Introduction
Robert Carroll, Avon Long, Camilla Williams, Eddie Matthews, George Fisher, George Matthews, Harrison Cattenhead, Helen Dowdy, Hubert Dilworth, Inez Matthews, Irving Washington, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, June McMechen, Lawrence Winters, Lehman Engel, Peter Van Zant, Ray Yeats, Sadie McGill, Warren Coleman & William A. Glover