Lyrics by John Hall
Music by Jake Heggie
Performed & Commissioned by Brian Asawa
The trouble with trebles in trousers…
It wasn't long ago that people laughed when I would sing,
They weren't uncomfortable with what I had to say
But when I tried it to a tune they all would look away,
The smirk upon their faces taught me this small thing,
Pitch can be a bitch!
My post pubescent peer group
in a touring school boy choir
Would never mention it, but I could clearly see
their smug and spotty faces singing
parts marked "T" or "B"
But when I tried to baritone I was a liar
Pitch can be a bitch!
Even teachers who specialized in voices
believed I had some choices
When they heard me they'd shake their head and wonder
how did it get so much like a mezzo?
Copyright ©1995 John Hall & Jake Heggie.
