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AS BARBER SHOP QUARTET
GILLESPIE: "June..." DENISE: 'No, Bobby! For the tenth time, it's May! And you're supposed to be singing in B-Sharp, not C-flatl Now concentrate! GILLESPIE: I'm trying, I'm trying! DENISE: All right. From the top again. DENISE,THROB,IRVINE: 'I was walking in the park one day/In the merry month of- ' (Pause, as everyone waits for Bobby to come in) GILLESPIE: Oh I Sorry, I was miles away. What's my line again? DENISE: For Christ's sake, Bobby, look alive! You can't keep fucking up like this. All right, we'll try another one. Two, three four- DENISE,THROB,IRVINE: 'Wayyy down upon the Swannee...' GILLESPIE: 'May.' DENISE: Bobby, for CHRIST'S SAKE I It's "River"! GILLESPIE: You said 'May'! DENISE: That was the last number! We're singing another number now! GILLESPIE: Well, it's no wonder I get confused if you keep chopping and changing! IRVINE: Listen, I'm sorry but I thought this was a professional outfit. Either this idiot goes or I go. (Everyone looks at Gillespie) GILLESPIE: Look -it's not my fault! When you said, 'We should go barber shop,' I thought you meant go to the barber shop! I haven't rehearsed or anything - nice haircut, though, eh? Guys? Where are you going? Come back!
Melody Maker, June 1st 1996
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DENISE, THROB, IRVINE: "I was walking in the park one day/In the merry,
merry' month of-"
