Eleanor Rigby

General Song Details

"Off-book" date:

Sun, 1 Oct 2023

Status:

Active

Song Category:

World Singing Day

Song Style:

Golden Oldie

Voicing:

3 parts

Part of public repertoire?

Contestable Barbershop?:

Singing assessment:

Not required

Presentation assessment:

Not required

Key sung in:

G Minor

Duration:

4m 00s

Lyrics:

Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles

Intro Count 4

Alto
Sop
Bari

Alto
Sop
Bari
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh Lonely people

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh Lonely people

Verse 1           0:16
Bari

Alto

Bari
Sop

Bari
Sop

Bari
Sop
Alto

Bari
Sop
Eleanor Rigby,
Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been         Ah ah ah ah

Lives in a dream
Lives in dream

Waits at the window
Oooohh

Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Oooooooh            Oooooooh         Oooooooh Ah ah ah ah

Who is it for?
Who is it for?

CHorus 1      0:34
Alto
Sop/Bari

Sop
Alto
Bari
All the lonely people , Where do they all come from?
ahhhhh            ahhhhh               ahhhhhh               ahhhhhh

ahhhhh            ahhhhh               ahhhhhh
All the lonely people, Where do they all belong?
ahhhhh           ahhhhh               ahhhhhh              Where do they all belong?

Verse 2          0:48

Sop
Alto
Bari

Sop
Alto

Sop
Alto
bari

Alto
Sop
Father McKenzie, Writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
Writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear   ah- ah- ah- ah

No one comes near
no one comes near

Look at him working, Darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
Darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
                          ha - ha - ha - haaaaah    haaaaah    haaaaah   haaaah    haaaaah

What does he care
What does he care

Chorus 2         1:06
Alto
Sop/Bari

Alto
Sop/Bari

All the lonely people, Where do they all come from?
Looon --------------ley ----------- Peo----------------ple------

All the lonely people, Where do they all belong?
Looon --------------ley ----------- Peo----------------ple------

Bridge            1:19
Alto
Sop
Bari

Alto
Sop
Bari
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely               Lon - ely people, Lon - ely people
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh Lonely people

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at tall he lonely             Lon- ely people   Lon - ely people
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh Lonely people

Verse 3           1:33
Sop
Alto
Bari

Sop/Alto
Bari

Sop
Alto

Bari

Sop/Alto
Bari
Ele----------------anor ---------------------------- Rig---------------------------by------
                            Died in the church and was buried along with her name
Eleanor Rigby, Died in the church and was buried along with her name

Nobody came
Nobody came

Faa----------------ther-----------------------------Mak-------------------------zie--------
                                Wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
Father McKenzie, Wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave

No one was sa-ved
No one was sa-ved

                          1:50
Sop
Alto
Bari

Sop
Alto
Bari

Sop/Alto

Aaaahh, look at all the lonely people
Aaaahh, look at all the lonely people
All the lonely people, Where do they all come from?

Aaaahh, look at all the lonely people
Aaaahh, look at all the lonely people
All the lonely people, Where do they all belong?
                                                                                                     Ah ah ah ah ahh

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Files/Resources

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Sheet music/notation
Lyric Sheet

Lyric Sheet (20.3kb)
Eleanor Rigby

Learning tracks/videos
Eleanor rigby - backing track

Eleanor Rigby - Baritones

Eleanor Rigby - full mix

Eleanor Rigby -Alto

Eleanor Rigby -sopranos

History/Schedule

Date	Event	Activity	Minutes	Run by	Details/Notes
Mon, 3 Apr 2023	Space to sing	Section rehearsal	20	Alison Senior
Mon, 3 Apr 2023	Space to sing	Rehearse song	5	Alison Senior
Mon, 17 Apr 2023	Space to sing	Section rehearsal	20	Alison Senior	Eleanor Rigby for those who did not make Tuesday last week
Mon, 17 Apr 2023	Space to sing	Rehearse song	5	Alison Senior
Mon, 24 Apr 2023	Space to sing	Section rehearsal	10	Alison Senior
Mon, 24 Apr 2023	Space to sing	Rehearse song	5	Alison Senior
Mon, 1 May 2023	Space to sing	Rehearse song	15	Michele Lovi
Mon, 8 May 2023	Space to sing	Rehearse song	10	Michele Lovi
Mon, 26 Jun 2023	Space to sing	Rehearse song	10	0
Mon, 3 Jul 2023	Space to sing	Section rehearsal	10	Alison Senior
Mon, 10 Jul 2023	Space to sing	Section rehearsal	10	Alison Senior	As above in sam groups
Mon, 17 Jul 2023	Space to sing	Section rehearsal	10	Alison Senior	As above in sam groups
Mon, 31 Jul 2023	Space to Sing	Section rehearsal	20	Alison Senior	split into 3 sections
Mon, 7 Aug 2023	Space to Sing	Rehearse song	10	Alison Senior
Mon, 21 Aug 2023	Space to Sing	Section rehearsal	20	Alison Senior	split into 3 sections
Mon, 28 Aug 2023	Space to Sing	Section rehearsal	20	Alison Senior	split into 3 sections
Mon, 9 Oct 2023	Space to Sing	0	3	0
Sat, 21 Oct 2023	World Singing Day	0	3	0
Sat, 19 Oct 2024	World Singing Day	Perform song	3	Alison Senior	WSD Song 11
Total time: 209 minutes

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