Carmen Jones - Songs

Songs

Act 1
  • Overture
  • Lift 'Em Up and Put 'Em Down (Avec la garde montante in Bizet's original opera) – Street Boys
  • Honey Gal o' Mine – Male Chorus
  • Good Luck, Mr. Flyin' Man! – Female Chorus
  • Dat's Love (Habanera in Bizet's opera) – Carmen and Chorus
  • You Talk Just like My Maw (Parle-moi de ma mère in Bizet's opera)– Joe and Cindy Lou
  • Murder-Murder – Female Chorus
  • Carmen Jones Is Goin' to Jail! – Pit Chorus
  • Dere's a Cafe on de Corner (Seguidilla in Bizet's opera) – Carmen and Joe
  • Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum (Gypsy Song in Bizet's opera) – Frankie, Chorus
  • Stan' Up and Fight (Toreador Song, also known as March of the Toreadors in Bizet's opera) – Husky Miller and Chorus
  • Whizzin' Away Along de Track (Quintet (Nous avons en tête affaire) in Bizet's opera) – Rum, Dink, Myrt, Frankie, and Carmen
  • Dis Flower (Flower Song in Bizet's opera) – Joe
  • If You Would Only Come Away – Carmen and Joe
Act 2
  • De Cards Don't Lie (Card Song in Bizet's opera) – Frankie, Myrt, Carmen, and female chorus
  • Dat Ol' Boy – Carmen
  • Poncho de Panther from Brazil – Frankie, Myrt, Husky Miller, Rum, and Chorus
  • My Joe (Micaela's Air in Bizet's opera) – Cindy Lou
  • Finale (of Act II Scene I) – Carmen, Joe, Cindy Lou, Husky Miller, Rum, Dink, Frankie, and Myrt
  • Git Yer Program for de Big Fight – Chorus
  • Dat's Our Man! (Les voici in Bizet's opera) – Chorus
  • Finale – Carmen, Joe, Chorus

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