Written by: George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin/Dubose Heyward
From the Broadway play Porgy & Bess
I got plenty o' nuttin'
An' nuttin's plenty for me.
I got no car, got no mule, and I got no misery.
De folks wid plenty o' plenty
Got have a lock on dey door,
'Fraid sombody'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 okay wid me,
"Cause de things dat I prize
Like de stars in de skies
Are all free.
Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'
An' nuttin's plenty for me.
I got my gal, and got my song,
Got Hebben the whole day long!
Got my gal, got my Lawd, got my song!
I got plenty o' nuttin'
An' nuttin's plenty for me.
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