The Best Country Musical Theatre Songs – by Vocal Type
Looking for a great country showtune for an upcoming audition or project? Well, if it’s for an audition, you should check out our giant database of audition songs for specific musicals. But if your show hasn’t yet been covered by us, you can go through these country musical theatre songs, sorted by vocal type.
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Altos
“Doatsy Mae” – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
“If You Knew My Story” – Bright Star
“Play a Country Enut” – Nunsense Jamboree
“That’s What You Call a Dream” – Bonnie & Clyde
Baritones
“Something From a Dream” – The Bridges of Madison County
“Tell My Father” – The Civil War
“That’s What I Could Do” – Violet
“Worlds Apart” – Big River
Basses
“Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy” – Once
“Father How Long?” – The Civil War
“Fathers and Sons” – Working
“Look Around” – The Will Rogers Follies
Contras
“Dusty Plays the Saw” – The Burnt Part Boys
“Just Blew in From the Windy City” – Calamity Jane
“Santa Ain’t Comin’ to Our House” – Nuncrackers
“The Ballad of Booth” – Assassins
Psst… Here’s where you can find out your vocal type!
Mezzo-Sopranos
“Change It” – 9 to 5
“Every Day of the Week is a Saturday” – Nunsense Jamboree
“How Bout a Dance?” – Bonnie & Clyde
“Oklahoma?” – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Sopranos
“Another Round” – Bright Star
“The Pricklepear Bloom” – The Robber Bridegroom
Tenors
“Breeze Off the River” – The Full Monty
“Heartbreaker” – Bright Star
“How Glory Goes” – Floyd Collins
“Last Time I Came to Memphis” – Violet
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She holds a BA in theatre, a TESOL drama certificate, and has worked and interned with Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.