

I loves you, Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever And I'll be glad Yes, I loves you, Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me With his hot hands If you can keep me I wants to stay here with you forever I've got my man I loves you, Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever I've got my man Someday I know he's coming to call me He's going to handle me and hold me So, it' going to be like dying, Porgy When he calls me But when he comes I know I'll have to go I loves you, Porgy Don't let him take me Honey, don't let him handle me and drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever I've got my man
I loves you, Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever And I'll be glad Yes, I loves you, Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me With his hot hands If you can keep me I wants to stay here with you forever I've got my man I loves you, Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever I've got my man Someday I know he's coming to call me He's going to handle me and hold me So, it' going to be like dying, Porgy When he calls me But when he comes I know I'll have to go I loves you, Porgy Don't let him take me Honey, don't let him handle me and drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever I've got my man
A primeira gravação comercial do dueto “I Loves You, Porgy” foi feita em 1942, quando Anne Brown e Todd Duncan registraram a música no volume 2 do álbum *Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy and Bess*.
O trecho do dueto que aparece no palco da obra — “I wants to stay here” – aparece no ato 2, cena 3, Catfish Row, onde Bess pede proteção ao seu amado Porgy.
Em 1959, Nina Simone trouxe a música ao público contemporâneo ao adaptá‑la para o seu álbum de estreia *Little Girl Blue*, tornando-a um dos temas mais reconhecidos do repertório pop brasileiro.
A versão de Nina Simone foi lançada pouco tempo depois do sucesso do disco, em um cenário onde artistas de jazz buscavam ampliar o alcance da música popular afro‑americana no Brasil.
O dueto original, composto por George e Ira Gershwin em 1935, já fazia parte da estreia da ópera em 1935, tanto no palco de estreia da obra quanto no palco de Broadway, consolidando o tema como parte central da narrativa de *Porgy and Bess*.
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