Barbershop Music

Barbershop harmony, as codified during the barbershop revival era (1940s-present), is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal music characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic texture. Each of the four parts has its own role: generally, the lead sings the melody, the tenor harmonizes above the melody, the bass sings the lowest harmonizing notes, and the baritone completes the chord. The melody is not usually sung by the tenor or bass, except for an infrequent note or two to avoid awkward voice leading, in tags or codas, or when some appropriate embellishing effect can be created. Occasional brief passages may be sung by fewer than four voice parts
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Verse:
We all fall for some girl who dresses neat,
Some girl that's got big feet,
We meet her on the street;
Then we'll join the army of married boobs,
To the altar,
Just like leading lambs to slaughter.
When it's over, oh boy, we get it good.
Bach'lor days we then recall.
Rich man, poor man, beggarman, thief,
Doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief:
We are all bound for Matrimony.

Chorus:
Goodbye My Coney Island Baby,
Farewell my own true love.
I'm gonna go away and leave you.
Never to see you anymore.
I'm goin' to sail upon a ferry boat,
Never to return again.
So goodbye, farewell, so long for ever,
Goodbye my Coney Isle, Goodbye my Coney Isle,
Goodbye my Coney Island Babe.