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Pack Up Your Troubles (Volk- M) contest

*Pack Up Your Troubles/Long Way To Tipperary (Baird- M) available from BHS

Paddlin’ Madeline Home (Gray- M; Miller- M) available from BHS

*Paddlin’ Madelin Home/Row Row Row (Bergman– F) Contest. Two fun songs deftly entwined. A winner

Paging Mister Sousa (Gentry- M) This rousing tune grabs our barbershop audiences right from the start. Available from BHS

Paint Your Wagon (Kneeland- M) available from BHS

*Paint Your Wagon Medley (Bescos– F) Show uptune. Gold Fever/I Talk To The Trees/No Name City/They Call The Wind Mariah/Paint Your Wagon (Dale- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Painting This Old Town Blue (Dale- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*Palace Theater Medley (Craig– F) Judy Garland show medley

Pal Of My Cradle Days (Bescos– F) strong ballad (Beck-M/F/mixed; Brown- M) contest ballad (Pilcher- F) available from SAI. Medium-difficult (Graham- M; Grimm- M; Keys- M; Pilcher- M; Waesche- M; Foris- M) available from BHS

Pal Of My Dreams (Gentry– M) a truly marvelous ballad (Lankenan- M) available from BHS

Pal That I Love Stole The Gal That I Loved (Mays- M; Perry- M) available from BHS

Pals Of The Little Red School (Gentry- M) ballad about missing childhood friends (BHS- M) available from BHS

Papa Oom Mow Mow (Gentry- M) The words don’t make a bit of sense but that doesn’t stop the fun in this novelty number. In fact the words are the biggest part of the merriment (Arns- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Papa Won’t You Dance With Me (Bescos– F) good show song

Paper Doll (Harrington) contest uptune, swing (Perry- M) available from BHS

Paper Doll Parade (Kane– F) show up-tune in the nursery when all are asleep

Paper Moon (Hine) learning tracks available from Gary Lewis Press and Andrew Wheaton

*Parade Medley (Giallombardo- M)

Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers (Israel- M) available from BHS (Hartmann- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Pardon My Southern Accent (Dockrell- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*Parlor Room Rag/I Love A Piano (Bailey- F) SAI unpublished medley # 107

Part Of Your World (Schmidt- F) solo with chorus backup, tempo ballad. Available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Party’s Over, The (Minihane– F; Alsbury– F) show ad lib ballad from ‘Bells Are Ringing’ (Jamison- M/F/mixed) available from BHS. Women’s chart also available through LABBS, medium difficulty, easy-beat or ballad

Pass Me By (Latzko- M) available from BHS

*Pass That Peace Pipe/I’m An Indian Too (Gentry- M) cute western medley

Passing Strangers (Garnett- F) available from LABBS

Pat Your Foot (Dvoretsky- M) available from BHS

Patapan (Keller- M/F/mixed) male, female or both as SATB

*Patriotic Medley (Parker- mixed) mixed double quartet, available from BHS (Taylor- M; Lyne- M) available from BHS (Giallombardo- M/F) two different medleys available

Peace Carol (Berg- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Peace I Leave With You (Liles- M; MacMartin- M) available from BHS

Peace On Earth/Drummer Boy (Liles- F) learning tracks available from Lynda Keever (Dubray- M) available from BHS

Peace Peace (

Peaceful Easy Feeling (Beck- mixed) 7 parts

Peel Me A Grape (Diamond– F) show. Sultry ballad about a very spoiled lady

Peg O’ My Heart (Gentry- M) everyone enjoys this easy-beat tune. Available from BHS. Men’s learning tracks available from Tim Brooks (Beck- M) show (Garnett- M) (Waesche- M) available from BHS, learning tracks available from Gary Lewis Press

Peggy O’Neill (McHugh- M; Floersheimer- M; Hicks- M) available from BHS

Pennies From Heaven (Gentry- M) yes, it does work in contest. Not many prettier ballads than this one around (Shannon- F; Bastien- M; Benson- M; Buntaine- M; Foreman- M; M.Johnson- M; Baird- M; Zito- M; Martin- M) available from BHS

*Pennsylvania 6-5000/String Of Pearls (Stanbery- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue, medley #158

Penny Arcade (Craig– F) show country tune

Penny Lane (Minihane– F) show uptune, very difficult and rangy

Penthouse Serenade (Rode- M) available from BHS

People (Bescos– F) show ballad from ‘Funny Girl’

Perfect Barbershop Song, The (Diamond– F) Very funny contest uptune using lots of barbershop song titles to create a crazy story. Learning tracks available from Lynda Keever

Perfect Day, A (Avener– F) show (Coyle- M; Hamilton- M; Grundy- M) available from BHS

Perfidia (Volk– M) show (Keller- M) vocal jazz treatment, SATB or TTBB (Keller- mixed) available from BHS

Perhaps Love (Landry- M) available from BHS (Bromert- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Personality (Weiss- M) available from BHS

*Peter Pan Medley (Gentry- M) I Won’t Grow Up/Never Never Land. A mix of humour and heart you will purely love. Available from BHS. Men’s learning tracks available from Tim Waurick (Greenberg- M) available from BHS

Petticoat Junction (Volk- mixed)

Phantom Of The Opera, The (Lippincott– F)

*Phantom Of The Opera/Music Of The Night (Spiecker- M) available from BHS

*Piano Medley (Volk- M) contest. I Love A Piano/Oh Suzanna/Old Piano Roll Blues

Pick A Little, Talk A Little (Bescos– F) show uptune from ‘The Music Man’

*Pick A Little Talk A Little/Goodnight Ladies (Latzko- M) available from BHS. (Latzko- mixed) Learning tracks available from Tim Waurick

Pick A Pocket Or Two (Dale- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Pick Me Up And Lay Me Down In Dear Old Dixieland (Campbell- M; Dvoretsky- M; Hanna- M; Jamison- M) available from BHS (Zwicker- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Giallombardo- M/F)

Pick Yourself Up (Harrington) contest (Avener– F) show (Johnson- M) available from BHS

Picnic (Minshall- F) available only to Sweet Adelines. Top melody, SSAA

*Pigalle/River Seine/Under Paris Skies (Schmidt- F) SAI unpublished medley 037

Pigtails And Freckles (Alsbury- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Pine Cones And Holly Berries (Steen- M) available from BHS

*Pine Cones And Holly Berries/It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Giallombardo- M)

Pink Panther Theme (Volk– F) show uptune

Piper, The (Dale- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Pirate King (Volk- M) contest

Pirate’s Life (Stiers- M) available from BHS

Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything (Giallombardo- M/F)

Pistol Packin’ Mama (Gentry- M) for Western shows, about a rugged cowgirl (Enders- M) available from BHS

Pitchpipe, A Song And A Smile (Hicks- M) available from BHS

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (West- M) available from BHS

Plain (Gentry- M) Be sure to include this parody in your next Amish package. You will be doing an Amish package, right?

Place In The Choir, A (Lippincott– F) not applied for (Rochefort- F) learning tracks available from Lynda Keever

Play A Lullaby For All Children (Craig– F) holiday

Play A Simple Melody (Bescos– F) show uptune. 8-part female but can be sung as 4 part (Liles- M; Foris- M) available from BHS (Liles- mixed) learning tracks available from Tim Waurick

Play A Vaudeville Song Tonight (Wilson- M) available from BHS

Play Me A Dixieland Song (Bescos– F) contest uptune

Play That Barbershop Chord (Bescos– F) pure barbershop uptune (DavidWright- M) contest,  available from BHS, somewhat difficult (Kane– F) A true barbershop oldie but goodie contest tune (Baird- M; Waesche- M; BHS- M) available from BHS (Anderson- F) available from SAI. Difficult

Playground Life (Stuart- M) available from BHS

Playing Right Field (Gentry- M; Steen- M) Peter, Paul and Mary sang this funny bittersweet song about being the last kid chosen. Available from BHS

Playing The Clown (Minshall– F) contest ballad (Pedarsen- M) available from BHS

Please Come Home For Christmas (Nicholas- M/F) available from BHS (Holmes- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Please Don’t Forget Me (Keller- M) original ballad by Norm Starks. Learning tracks available from Andrew Wheaton

Please Don’t Jazz My Mother’s Lullaby (Kane– F) old fashioned ballad

Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (Minihane– F) show uptune a la Cleo Laine (Bergman– F) contest, jazzy, not too rangy (Bescos– F; Beck– M/F) contest uptune (Heuerman- M; Hopkins- M; Keys- M; Waesche- M) available from BHS (Westley- F) available from SAI, medium difficulty (Giallombardo- M/F)

*Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone/Goodbye My Coney Island Baby (Hine- M) available from BHS

Please Mr. Columbus Turn-A The Ship Around (Lippincott– F) fun comedy number (Latzko- M; Rector- M; Cokeroft- M) available from BHS

Please Mr. Custer (Hatton- M) 5-part chorus with solo. Comedy

Pledge Of Allegience (Beck- mixed/M) SATB

Poisoning Pigeons In The Park (Parker- M) available from BHS (Giallombardo- M/F)

Pokare Kare Ana (Gentry- M) gem of a Maori love song, available from BHS

*Polka Medley (Foris- M/F) available from BHS

Pomp And Circumstances (Porter- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Pondering (Wolf- M) available from BHS

*Pony Shy Medley (Leitnaker- M) available from BHS

Poody Poo (SPEBSQSA- M) available from BHS

Poor Butterfly (Hinkley- F) available from BHS

Poor Little Raggedy Anne (Bailey- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Poor Papa (Craig– F; Avener– M) show novelty

Poor Unfortunate Souls (Twardosky- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Pop Pop Poppin’ Popcorn (Fellows- F) YWIH available from SAI, medium difficulty

Popcorn Song (Riley- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*Popeye Medley (Gentry- M) Olive Oyl, Swee’ Pea, Wimpy, Bluto and the Sailor Man himself are all featured in this parody melange. Suitable for contest, this medley would also make a great centerpiece for a fun show theme

Popular (Drown- M) available from BHS (Tramack- F) available from BHS. Learning tracks available from Tim Waurick

Pore Jud Is Daid (Dale- M) available from BHS

*Porgy And Bess Medley (Latzko- M) available from BHS

Portrait Of My Love (LarryWright- F) learning tracks available from Tim Waurick

Potato (Hebert- F) available from BHS

Pour Un Instant (Nasto- M) learning tracks available from Andrew Wheaton

Powder Your Face With Sunshine (Bergman– F) fun contest tune to sing, strong barbershop (Foris- F; Cokeroft- M; Hebert- M; Keys- M; McCreary- M; Morey- M; Bastien- M; Szabo- M) available from BHS (Dale- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*Powder Your Face With Sunshine/Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella (Sotirion- M) available from BHS

Power And The Glory (Arburg- M) available from BHS

Power Of The Dream (Lippincott- F; Beck- F) show ballad sung at the Olympics

Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition (Savage- M; Dick- M) available from BHS

*Praise The Lord/Comin’ In On A Wing (Lippincott– F) medley

Praise Ye The Lord The Almighty (BHS- M) available from BHS

Pray For Sunshine (Gentry- M) But always be prepared for the rain. Available from BHS

Prayer, The (D’Agostino- F; Suhr- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Prayer For You, A (Loebakka- M) learning tracks available from Tim Waurick, listed on his site under “A”

Prayer Of The Children (Klouse/Bestor- M) learning tracks available from Ronnie Spann

Preacher And The Bear (Leabo- M; Latzko- M/F) available from BHS

Precious Friends (Gentry- M) Folk legend Pete Seeger penned this uplifting song. Use this piece to honour a froend or simply inspire an audience. Arranged for chorus and soloist (Lippincott– F) a tribute to friendship, almost an uptune

Precious Lord Take My Hand (Bescos– F) show. Familiar hymn (Nicholas- M; Haeger- M) available from BHS (Dockrell- F; Berg- F; Redfield- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Prelude in A Major (Avener– F) show

Presents (Ordaz) learning tracks available from Jordan Litz

Pretend You Don’t See Her (Him) (Steffan- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Pretty Baby (Gentry- M) fun meter parody, available from BHS. Men’s learning tracks available from Randy Rogers (Beck– M/F) show

*Pretty Baby/You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby (Bescos– F) contest uptune. Two swing tunes combined

*Pretty Doll Medley (Volk- M) contest

Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody (Meyer- M) available from BHS

*Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody/With A Song In My Heart (Giallombardo- M) learning tracks available from Tim Waurick, listed on his site under “A”

*Prison Medley (Gentry- M) available from BHS

Professional Pirate (Gentry- M) A yo-ho-ho and a bottle of Captain Morgan’s, ye scurvy landlubbers.  This song from ‘Muppet Treasure Island’ will shiver your timbers for sure. Men’s learning tracks available from Simon Rylander

Proud Mary (Lippincott– F) (DavidWright- M/F) available from BHS, very difficult

P.S I Love You (Rubin- M; Rund- M) available from BHS (Beck- mixed/M) contest

Puff The Magic Dragon (Zito- M; Jamison- M/F; Liles- M) available from BHS

Pure Imagination (Briner- M/F; Dale- M; Mannherz- M) available from BHS (Giallombardo- M/F)

Purlie (Craig– F/M) show song from ‘Purlie’

Purple People Eater (Lippincott– F) novelty song

Pussywillows Cat-tails (Dale- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Put A Little Love In Your Heart (Rochefort- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Put Another Chair At The Table (Perry- M) available from BHS

Put ‘Em In A Box Tie ‘Em With A Ribbon (Zwicker- F) available from SAI, medium difficulty

Put Me To Sleep With An Old Fashioned Melody (Waesche- M; Szabo- M) available from BHS

Put On A Happy Face (Lippincott– F; Beck– M) show (Dale- M) available from BHS

*Put On A Happy Face/Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella (Reimnitz- M) available from BHS

Put On An Old Pair Of Shoes (BHS- M) available from BHS (Anderson- F) available from SAI, easy

Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet (Baird- M; Graham- M; Hopkins- M; Foris- M) available from BHS (Sutton/Penketh- F) available from LABBS, difficult, easy-beat (Giallombardo- M)

Put On Your Sunday Clothes (Gray- M; Waesche- M) available from BHS (Reimnitz) learning tracks available from Gary Lewis Press

Put Your Arms Around Me Honey (Bergman– F) contest driver with lots of key changes (Bescos– F; Dale)(Beck– M)  contest (Steinkamp- M; Szabo- M) available from BHS (Sutton/Penketh- F) available from LABBS, medium difficulty, easy-beat

*Put Your Arms Around Me Honey/I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Hamilton- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue, medley #279

Put Your Dreams Away (Waesche- M; Oxford- M) available from BHS

Put Your Hand In The Hand (Bescos– F) Inspirational theme, show uptune. Partial bass melody (Beck– M; Craig– M) show

Put Your Head On My Shoulder (Bescos– F) show uptune from the 50’s (Dale- M/F) available from BHS (Healey- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Puttin’ On The Ritz (Minihane– F) show uptune (DavidWright- M/F) available from BHS. Very difficult; women’s version not recommended because of range. Women’s learning tracks available from Tim Waurick (Bromert- F) medium difficulty, YWIH available from SAI, adult available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Sellers- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

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*Queen Montage (Giallombardo- M)

Queen Of The Senior Prom (Beck- M) contest

Quicksilver (Nicholas- M) available from BHS

Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Volk- mixed)

Quiet Place, A (Lippincott- F) (Meyer- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue. Tenor melody (Rubino- mixed) learning tracks available from Tim Waurick

Quiet Thing, A (Minihane– F) show ballad from ‘Red Menace’