There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York

(album: Porgy And Bess - 1959)

There's a boat that's leaving soon for New York
Come with me
That's where we belong, sister

You an' me can live that high life in New York
Come with me
There you can't go wrong, sister

I'll buy you the swellest mansion
Up on upper Fifth Avenue
An' through Harlem we'll go strutting
We'll go a-strutting
An' there'll be nutting
Too good for you

I'll dress you in silks and satins
In the latest Paris styles
And the blues you'll be forgetting
You'll be forgetting
There'll be no fretting
Just nothing but smiles

Come along with me
That's the place
Don't be a fool, come along, come along!

There's a boat that's leaving soon for New York
Come with me
That's where we belong, sister
That's where we belong

There's a boat that's leaving soon for New York
Come with me
That's where we belong, Bess
That's where we belong!
Come on, Bess!