There are so many characters who sing in our choir,
The basses are low but the tenors sing higher.
The leads sing the tune and take charge of the song?
The cream are the baris who never go wrong!
The sound rumbles round from voices so deep;
Is that noise thunder that’s stopping us sleep?
No only the basses whose demeanour and voice
Are both far too low to make us rejoice!
Wavering so high above all the rest
The tenors let fly, thinking they’re best.
Their voices can only reach to this height
As they pull up their trousers extremely tight
The leads supposedly take charge of the song
Why do they get it so often wrong?
Are they drowned by the rest singing too loud
Or don’t they want to stand out in the crowd!
Amongst the dross of all other parts
A sound can be heard that can stir the hearts
Of all those who listen with an informed ear
The baritones singing loud, long and clear!
The Musical Director in front all alone
Attempting to get us to sing the right tone
One day will learn that he needs just to mete
Out, the time the chorus wants him to beat.
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Author:
Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: February 25th, 2019 01:54
- Comment from author about the poem: Seeing Michael Edwards' cartoon about Choir reminded me of a poem I wrote many years ago. I used sing baritone in a Barbershop Harmony Chorus and I wrote this for them.
- Category: Humor
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Comments6
Vocal Majority are one of the best Barbershop Choruses in the world.
Oh lol, good write Gold. They 'threw out' the Choir at one church. A great pity. Then a guy with a guitar replaced them. A bit poor replacement. They groaned each week. There he was regular as clockwork. I don't mind 'modern' worship, but that's all they had for a while - just one guy strumming.
It's the cutbacks, you know! lol. But the adults in the choir were a bit like a Mafia. 'Sing what we want, or else....'
Our choir is still going at Church but at 70 years old I am the second youngest member.
Great Write G
Just like the choir
Excellent finish
Poor old MD
Thanks Andrew, I have been in a few Choirs now and been very lucky with the MDs that I have been with.
I love these harmonious male voice choirs and thanks for this well written way they achieve their fine results.
They are superb.
I was at a weekend exhibition once singing and listening and one Canadian Choir gave a workshop. They used excerpts from a song they had recently been performing, at the end we asked them to sing the song, it was so emotional that I think all the men in the audience were in tears, I certainly was.
Blame the director every time, you're right.
Hello Goldfinch 60,
An excellent poem.
You have captured well the heart and soul of a choir and how it's heart beats.
Keep writing Fine B.
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