Carmen Jones – Songs

Songs in Carmen Jones

This page features the songs from Carmen Jones. Song cards link to details such as style, context, vocal notes, and audition cut suggestions when available. Explore the list below to access song guides.

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
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