Classic Tags

To quote from David Wright: "Barbershop tag singing is surely one of the grandest traditions arising from the field of vocal harmony. A tag is a short passage consisting of an arrangement's ending, or coda, which is taught and sung in sessions of informal chord-ringing. The tag allows four singers to quickly blend their voices in a few seconds of blissful harmony without the burden of learning an entire song."

For all you barbershoppers out there - here are 125 tags - free for your listening and learning pleasure! This list of tags corresponds exactly to the Classic Tags collection, compiled by David Wright, and assisted by Jim Bagby, Jim Henry, Kevin Keller, and David Krause.

The person who recorded these tags, Daniel Gillis, is also available to create practice recordings for your group. Go to http://www.vocalharmonies.com/ for more information.

Click here to download all the tags in a zip file…

1	I Love to Sing 'Em	64	The Old Dominion Line
2	Lonely For You Am I	65	Spring Brought Me Flowers
3	Way Down South	66	New York Ain't New York Anymore
4	Danny My Boy	67	Sonny Boy
5	My Heart Is Free	68	What Miracle Has Made You The Way You Are
6	Flower From An Old Bouquet	69	To Reach The Unreachable Star
7	I'll Be Seeing You	70	My Old Kentucky Home
8	Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up	71	Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
9	Lonesome Rose	72	Bye Oh Bye Oh
10	The Sunshine Of Your Smile	73	As Time Goes By
11	When I Leave The World Behind	74	Pal Of My Dreams
12	My Diane	75	I Close My Eyes
13	Smile	76	For Me And My Gal
14	Cry	77	Please Don't Leave Me
15	Heart Of A Clown	78	There's No Place Like Home
16	Please Don't Give My Daddy No More Wine	79	Mother's Boy
17	Oh Lida Rose	80	Don't Be Blue When Raindrops Come Along
18	Darkness On The Delta	81	Midnight Rose
19	Who'll Take My Place When I'm Gone	82	Somewhere
20	Sunshine Is Bidding The Day Goodbye	83	Bright Was The Night
21	We'll Just Be The Same Old Friends	84	Where Is The Boy
22	Nobody's Waiting There With A Smile	85	My Love Is Your Love
23	Foolish Over You	86	And Left Me Lonely Nights
24	Last Night Was The End Of The World	87	Where Is Love
25	Back In My Home Town	88	Now There's No Time for Toys
26	Friendship And Love	89	Over Troubled Waters
27	Run, Run, Run	90	Foggy London Town
28	Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes	91	Little Pal
29	Gone Are The Memories	92	Ev'ry Time I See You I Cry
30	Goodbye Forever, It's Over I Know	93	The Shadow Of Your Smile
31	Melancholy Baby	94	Show Me Where The Good Times Are
32	Lullaby And Goodnight	95	Tammy
33	Sleepy Time Down South	96	Hush, Little Baby
34	Give Me Your Hand To Hold In Mine	97	Mickey Mouse
35	Don't Leave Me, Dear Old Mammy	98	Lord, You Made The Night Too Long
36	Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore	99	Baby, You're The One I Love
37	We'll Build A Rainbow	100	Sure, They Called it Ireland
38	Roses I Bring To You	101	Till Love Comes My Way
39	Snowflakes	102	You're The One Who Made Me Cry
40	Who'll Dry Your Years When You Cry	103	I'll Take Care Of Your Cares
41	So Tired Of Waiting For You	104	Drop Me A Line, Say That You're Fine
42	Darling, That Someone Is You	105	While Sweet Dreams Rest You
43	Ireland, My Ireland	106	First You Gotta Have Heart
44	Jean	107	Mam'selle
45	Irish Mother	108	Happy Trails
46	Silvery Moonlight	109	Please Don't Take My Sunshine Away
47	Friends	110	After Today
48	Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime	111	Cheer Up, Charlie
49	All By Myself Alone	112	Just When I Thought I Was Through
50	Back In The Old Routine	113	No More Hurryin', Worryin'
51	For Life Is Interwoven	114	To My Beautiful Lifelong Friends
52	Love Letters Straight From Your Heart	115	My Romance
53	When I Lost You	116	Dixie
54	Autumn Leaves	117	When Nobody Else Wants You
55	Rhapsody Of New York	118	I Will Sail No More
56	Lone Prairie	119	Tho' I'm Gone For A Long, Long Time
57	Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose	120	London By Night
58	I Know We'll Meet Again	121	Where The Southern Roses Grow
59	Old Bones	122	If Happy Little Bluebirds Fly
60	Through The Years	123	The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart
61	I'm So Alone In A Crowd	124	When I Was The Kid Next Door
62	She Stole My Heart Away	125	When You've Wandered Alone
63	In Dixieland Where I Was Born