Sponsor: Max
S: Wendy, Max
A: Juliana, Sandy, Louli
T: Robin, Marcus
B: Colin, Peter, Phil
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay ALL
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay ALT
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay BASS
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay SOP
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay TEN
Notes from Rehearsals
24.02.2026 – Juliana (Chair)
Dock of the Bay – Much work done on the ending. Sounding good. Attention drawn to the different timings at start of verses for Altos and Basses (Bar 21 and 25).
Altos could refer to helpful recordings made by Jo and sent by Maxine earlier this month, clarifying our tricky but lovely C# in Bar 13 (bay), and 15 (-way), to get more secure on it.
We are again guided to sing more smoothly and don’t swoop!
Here’s Otis Redding himself just because it’s Otis… 😎
Bishopsgate Singers, singing our current arrangement in 2016. Peter in Bass (centre), me in Tenor (in hat) – Sadly Annie and Kathy had transferred to Tubthumpers Choir or I could have embarrassed them too!
Ah! Found our earlier version, 2012 – Kathy and me in soprano, Peter in bass (but still no Annie!). – Either version better than the other choir! Mx
Original sheet music [Source: Community Voiceworks/ Alison Burns and Gitika Partington. Oxford Univ. Press, 2015. pp. 49-53]:
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Score (PS)
Lyrics (if useful, please use with care):>
Sitting On the Dock Of The Bay Lyrics
Notes with practice tips from source book (if useful):
