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Written by DuBose Hayward, Ira Gershwin and George Gershwin

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COMPOSER:

George Jacob Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres.

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The official spelling of the title is not used in many of the cover versions. It is varied in numerous different ways, including "Oh, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin" (Monica Zetterlund, 1959), "I Got Plenty of Nothin' " (Diahann Carroll, 1959), and the fully standard English "I've Got Plenty of Nothing" (Julia Migenes, 1989).

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwmyJAEnz4s

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The original orchestration introduced a banjo, which was used for "lightly sounding the vamp-like chords against the tuneful and exhuberant melody of the soloist".It has been noted that both the tune and the lyrics bear a significant resemblance to the Gershwin brothers' earlier hit "I Got Rhythm".

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The song originated from Gershwin's suggestion that a light moment was needed at that point in the second act. Unusually, he sketched the tune before the lyrics were written, playing a rough version on the piano at a meeting with the opera's lyricists, his brother Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. Ira came up with the title "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' ". Heywood then asked Ira if he could draft out the song, as he had never written words to an existing tune before.A 'dummy' lyric was created by Ira and Heywood's wife Dorothy—with nonsense words to help him remember the required rhythm for the tune.[4] Heywood sent his rough draft to Ira, which Ira thought "had many useable lines", but was "awkward when sung". Ira polished it into a more singable form, while George perfected the music.[3] Ira considered the lyrics to be a "50–50 collaborative effort".[4]

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The song expresses a cheerful acceptance of poverty as freedom from worldly cares. The singer says he has the most important things in life, " 'Cause de things dat I prize, / Like de stars in de skies / All are free". Most of all, he's "got my gal, got my Lord, got my song".

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MELODIC FEATURES

Range of 10th

Sequences Ex. There are rising sequences in the B phrase.

Sometimes the 4th note (fah) and 6th note (lay) of the scale is sharpened

The 7th note of the scale (ti) is flattened in the coda.

Repeated notes

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TEMPO// Moderate, at a moderate pace.
TONALITY// •Major         •Key of G major.
MOOD// Happy, joyful and optimistic.
FORM// AABA

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I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" is a song composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 "folk-opera" Porgy and Bess (1934). The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgyon which the opera was based, and Ira Gershwin. It is one of the most famous songs from the opera (along with "Summertime", "It Ain't Necessarily So", and "Bess, You Is My Woman Now") and it has been recorded by hundreds of singers and music groups