Four Pale Seals
Tenor Hanger
- Key
- C Major
- Style
- Barbershop
Sheet music
Four-part mixer
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Credits & notes
Arranged by
Paul Paddock
Learning tracks
choir simulated by the Matrix
Lyrics
They're four pale seals, we're four pale seals in a shallow river
Source notes
Here's my take on these lyrics arguably brainstormed by the Ringmasters quartet. Leads, those 6th-leaps at the beginning may be tricky, but it'll help to think "My Bonnie lies over the ocean..." Baris, there is no typo on 'shallow'; it's a B-natural compared with basses' B-flats before. The tag ends in a glorious slide to the tonic C chord to bring it all back home, but take your time. It's meant to be a celebratory moment, with potential to be a screamer, but a relaxing screamer at least... if there was such a thing. Tenors, you might try to pull a Tim Waurick and hold the G the entire time.... if you dare! Note correction for bari--instead of doubling on the C, sing the A setting up your classic slide moment at the end!