From “Porgy and Bess”
Words by Ira Gershwin
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
I GOT PLENTY O’ NUTTIN'
Music by George Gershwin
Refrain
OH, I GOT PLENTY O’ NUTTIN’,
AN’ NUTTIN’S PLENTY FO’ ME,
I GOT NO CAR, GOT NO MULE,
I GOT NO MISERY,
DE FOLKS WID PLENTY O’ PLENTY,
GOT A LOCK ON DE DOOR,
‘FRAID SOMEBODY’S A-GOIN’ TO ROB ‘EM WHILE DEY’S...
OUT A-MAKIN’ MORE, WHAT FOR?
I GOT NO LOCK ON DE DOOR, (DAT’S NO WAY TO BE,)
DEY CAN STEAL DE RUG FROM DE FLOOR, DAT’S OKEH WID ME,
‘CAUSE DE THINGS DAT I PRIZE, LIKE DE STARS IN DE SKIES,
ALL ARE FREE,
OH, I GOT PLENTY O’ NUTTIN’,
AN’ NUTTIN’S PLENTY FO’ ME,
I GOT MY GAL, GOT MY SONG,
GOT HEBBEN DE WHOLE DAY LONG,
(NO USE COMPLAININ’!)
GOT MY GAL,
GOT MY LAWD,
GOT MY SONG,
I GOT PLENTY O’ NUTTIN’,
AN ‘ NUTTIN’S PLENTY FO’ ME,
I GOT DE SUN, GOT DE MOON,
GOT DE DEEP BLUE SEA,
FOLKS WID PLENTY O’ PLENTY,
GOT TO PRAY ALL DE DAY,
‘FRAID SOMEBODY’S A-GOIN’ TO ROB ‘EM WHILE DEY’S...
OUT A-MAKIN’ MORE,
OH, I GOT PLENTY O’ NUTTIN’,
AN’ NUTTIN’S PLENTY FO’ ME,
I GOT MY GAL, GOT MY SONG,
GOT HEBBEN DE WHOLE DAY LONG,
(NO USE COMPLAININ’!)
GOT MY GAL,
GOT MY LAWD,
GOT MY SONG!

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