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  • Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The

    Sue Rogers posted on May 06, 2012 23:14
    The videos are in the same key as the songsheet! "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a song by The Band, recorded in 1969 and releas...
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  • Steel Rail Blues

    Gordon Thomas posted on May 06, 2012 18:48
    YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE VIDEO IN GCEA TUNING USING THE (C) SONGSHEET, IF YOU PUT YOUR CAPO ON THE FIRST FRET! BEGINNERS - in the fast run-ups a...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs., June 2018 - Canada, Sept 2019 (0 Comments)
  • Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten

    Sue Rogers posted on May 06, 2012 16:38
    "Freight Train" is an American folk song written by Elizabeth Cotten (1895–1987) in the early 20th century, and popularized during the...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs., September 2017, May 2018 (0 Comments)
  • Loco-motion, The

    Sue Rogers posted on May 06, 2012 16:31
    "The Loco-Motion" is a 1962 pop song written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The song is notable for appearing in the ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs., September 2017 (0 Comments)
  • Letter, The

    Sue Rogers posted on May 06, 2012 16:28
    The song sheet is in the same key as the first video, except for the last chorus. "The Letter" is a song written by Wayne Carso...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs., Feb 2018 - They love me, they love me not (0 Comments)
  • Sentimental Journey

    Sue Rogers posted on May 06, 2012 12:33
    You can play along with the Doris Day video! If you want to play along with the other two videos in the key of C you can find the chords on the Doc...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs., January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Jan 2019 (0 Comments)
  • If Love was a Train

    Bytown Ukulele Group posted on May 05, 2012 21:04
    This is what I have so far for this song.  Claude transposed this down a couple half-steps and it is much easier to play for the group.  ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs. (1 Comments)
  • Long Way Home

    Bytown Ukulele Group posted on May 05, 2012 18:34
    YOU CAN PLAY IN THE SAME KEY as the Norah Jone's recording in GCEA tuning if you put your capo on the 2nd fret! Norah Jones included a song Tom...
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  • It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

    Mike Cox posted on May 05, 2012 11:48
    It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry Bob Dylan This is a simplified version for the Ukulele.  I think it might work in a group ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs., November 2012 - Bob Dylan, Neil Young & more. (3 Comments)
  • Bruised Orange

    Mike Cox posted on May 05, 2012 08:49
    YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE VIDEOS (although we've taken out some of the instrumentals)! So another month and me posting another John Prine son...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs., September 16 2015 BUG Jam, April 2017 Anything Goes (2 Comments)
  • Freight Train - Fred Eaglesmith

    Charles de Lint posted on May 05, 2012 08:38
    YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE VIDEO! I have not doubt there will be train whistles! Frederick John Elgersma (born July 9, 1957), known by the stage n...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs., June 2017 - Canadiana (1 Comments)
  • I Like Trains

    Charles de Lint posted on May 05, 2012 08:32
    The (Am) songsheet is in the same key as the videos but instrumentals at beginning and end have been left out. For BUG night April 2019, Charles wi...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs., April 2019 (0 Comments)
  • Peace Train

    Christopher Taylor posted on May 03, 2012 13:08
    Peace Train Cat Stevens   Peace Train Cat Stevens Now [C]I've [G]been [C]happy [G]late[C]ly, [F]Thinking a[C]bout the [F]good things to c...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs. (2 Comments)
  • Breakdown

    Christopher Taylor posted on May 03, 2012 12:05
    Jack Johnson
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  • Hobo's Lullaby

    Sue Rogers posted on May 02, 2012 16:10
    The lyrics I did up to match the Goebel Reeves recording, but the timing in the songsheet has been evened out for group play and I've added an opt...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs., September 2016 - Folk, Country, Bluegrass (0 Comments)
  • Wagon Wheel

    Sue Rogers posted on May 01, 2012 23:25
    "Wagon Wheel" is a song cowritten by Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show. Old Crow Medicine Show's final version was cer...
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  • Homeward Bound

    Sharon Baird posted on May 01, 2012 07:48
    ~~~ChordPro Version UPDATED Feb 04, 2016 CEL~~~ What a great song!  Play along with the video below. The key matches what we will be play...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs., February 2016 - Anything Goes (0 Comments)
  • Upcoming ukulele workshops at the Ottawa Folklore Centre this Thursday evening!

    Bytown Ukulele Group posted on May 01, 2012 03:55
    This past Sunday, Mark and I attended the George Formby ukulele
    workshop at the Ottawa Folklore Centre. It was a terrific workshop and
    we learned so much thanks to the wonderful teaching ability of Joe
    Crowley! And you know what? There were only 5 of us in the workshop -
    we couldn't believe it! 3 BUGs, (Mark, me and Chris H.) and 2 other
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  • I’ve Been Working On The Railroad

    Claude Lacelle posted on April 29, 2012 17:07
     Note: the uploaded file has a [C7] thrown in just for interest! Silly little train song that dates back to the late 1800's, Some of the origina...
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  • Folsom Prison Blues

    Sharon Baird posted on April 29, 2012 04:47
    "Folsom Prison Blues" is a song written in 1953 and first recorded in 1955 by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. The song combines elem...
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  • Golden Rocket

    Gordon Thomas posted on April 22, 2012 20:32
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  • Wreck of the Old 97, The

    Gordon Thomas posted on April 22, 2012 15:00
    ~~~ChordPro Version UPDATED August 31, 2016 CEL~~~
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  • Wabash Cannonball

    Gordon Thomas posted on April 22, 2012 14:54
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  • BUG Jam at the Ottawa Grassroots Festival - next Saturday, April 28th!

    Bytown Ukulele Group posted on April 22, 2012 14:02
    Hi everyone!

    Here's an opportunity to share our ukulele excitement! You may not be
    aware that BUG has participated at the Ottawa Folk Festival, Music and
    Beyond Festival, In from the Cold program, and some other events. It's
    a lot of fun for BUGs and our enthusiasm is always contagious!

    What: 1st annual Ottawa Grassroots Festival, a community-oriented

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  • Five Hundred Miles

    Sue Rogers posted on April 22, 2012 12:49
    The first video is hopefully me in the future! You can play along with the second video (mostly) if you're not familiar with the tune! The orig...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2012 - Train songs., Ottawa Folk Festival 2012, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, Sept 2019 (0 Comments)
  • Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms

    paddy rayburn posted on April 20, 2012 23:25
        "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms" is an American traditional song. It seems to have developed from lyrics in the cowb...
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  • I'm so lonesome I could cry

    paddy rayburn posted on April 20, 2012 23:06
    I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (C) Did you hear that (Em) lonesome (Am) whip-poor-(C)will, He sounds too (Em) blue to (C7) fly, That (F) midnigh...
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    Posted in: May 2012 - Train songs. (2 Comments)
  • City of New Orleans

    Mike Cox posted on April 20, 2012 11:33
    "City of New Orleans" is a folk song written by Steve Goodman (and first recorded for Goodman's self-titled 1971 album), describing a tr...
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  • Hockey Song, The

    Sue Rogers posted on April 18, 2012 15:13
    Late Canadian music legend Stompin' Tom Connors' best known song was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in October 2018! No s...
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  • April Songs - cover all the bases, Wide Screen Format

    Bytown Ukulele Group posted on April 18, 2012 10:11
    We now have three versions of our song list for this month.  We have the binders that Sue and Mark bring every month, the PDF that Claude makes, ...
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    Posted in: April 2012 (0 Comments)
  • PDF Song booklet April 2012 BUG Jam

    Claude Lacelle posted on April 17, 2012 19:36
    HI Buggies, After many edits, reformatting, compressing, fixes and re-edits, the April 2012 BUG Jam PDFed song booklet is finally ready. Please...
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    Posted in: April 2012 (0 Comments)
  • It's the BUG jam-boree tomorrow night! Wed April 18th!

    Bytown Ukulele Group posted on April 17, 2012 13:31
    C'mon over to The Clocktower Brew Pub for hobnobbing, vittles and BUG
    juice (whatever that means to you!) anytime after 5:30. Singing starts
    at 7.

    For details on location as well as the song list, check out our
    website at [link] Location is on our HOME page, song
    list is at the bottom of the NEXT BUG JAM page

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  • Sudbury Saturday Night

    rajiv kalsi posted on April 15, 2012 08:18
    Thank you Stompin' Tom! "Sudbury Saturday Night" is one of the most famous songs by Stompin' Tom Connors, which depicts the hard-...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2012, June 2015 - Canada eh!?, June 2018 - Canada (0 Comments)
  • Oh Susanna (tab)

    Christopher Taylor posted on April 14, 2012 11:00
    I think this version of this quintessential old-time piece is a great intro to tab reading (without even worrying about the clawhammer stuff) - it`s a...
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    Posted in: April 2012 (0 Comments)
  • April 2012 Song list

    Sue Rogers posted on April 14, 2012 10:22
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  • Ukulele Caribbean Cruise with Manitoba Hal and BUG! Feb 2 - 10, 2013!

    Bytown Ukulele Group posted on April 13, 2012 04:09
    Join in the fun on a ukuele Caribbean cruise with the fabulous
    Manitoba Hal and all your BUG friends! Click on the entry on the event
    calendar on the BUG home page at [link] and check out
    the attached flyer for information!

    Thanks to BUG member Harry Curtis' wife Donna (and to Harry) for

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  • Red River Valley

    Sue Rogers posted on April 11, 2012 17:16
    There are many different versions and many different stories about the songs origins. Here's one version that Edith Fowke, noted folklorist, said ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2015 - Sue and Mark vacation time (0 Comments)
  • Frankie and Johnny

    Sue Rogers posted on April 11, 2012 17:10
    "Frankie and Johnny" (sometimes spelled "Frankie and Johnnie"; also known as "Frankie and Albert" or just "Frankie&...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2012, February 2017 - What's Love Got To Do With It, October 2017, October 2018, October 2019 (0 Comments)
  • Midnight Special

    Mike Cox posted on April 10, 2012 21:24
    Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly)
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  • Happy Trails and Aloha 'Oe Medley

    Sue Rogers posted on April 09, 2012 23:08
    Last song of the evening perhaps? Roy Rogers and Dale Evans closing song and perhaps a fitting farewell for our friends Judicael and Aurelie!
    Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2012 (0 Comments)
  • Harry,s trip

    Bytown Ukulele Group posted on April 09, 2012 19:44
    I,m in as well as I could join you from Florida where hopefully I,ll be in Feb 2013. Go Harry Go.
    Danielle
    Sent from my iPad
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  • Cripple Creek

    Sue Rogers posted on April 09, 2012 15:56
    The first video is in the same key but the lyrics vary. Another mountain tune - jaw harps a must! "Cripple Creek" is an Old Time Appal...
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  • Old Joe Clark

    Sue Rogers posted on April 09, 2012 14:21
    Classic mountain tune! If anyone wants to bring their fiddles, dulcimers, mandos - please do!
    Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2012 (0 Comments)
  • Easter Bunny News Flash

    Bytown Ukulele Group posted on April 08, 2012 08:38
    Happy Easter
    Remember Chris's video Uk'n in the sunshine? Remember how you wanted to see it happen?
    Well save the dates 2 Feb to 10 Feb 2013 and start putting your Loonies in a jar because the final touches are being put in place and the details will be "waved" to you this week.
    Ps.
    I notice Manitoba Hal is thinking boats and Ukuleles on his Facebook page???? Hmmmmmm.
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  • Man of Constant Sorrow

    Sue Rogers posted on April 08, 2012 02:20
    You can play along with the video!
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  • Peaceful Easy Feeling

    Sue Rogers posted on April 07, 2012 16:26
    "Peaceful Easy Feeling" is a song written by Jack Tempchin and recorded by the Eagles. It was the third single from the band's 1972 debu...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2018 - Summer (0 Comments)
  • Guess Things Happen That Way

    Gordon Thomas posted on April 06, 2012 21:13
    YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE VIDEO IN GCEA TUNING IF YOU PUT YOUR CAPO ON THE 1ST FRET! "Guess Things Happen That Way" is a 1958 cross ov...
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  • Guitar Town

    Gordon Thomas posted on April 06, 2012 21:09
    YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE VIDEO with full instrumentals! Suggest a quick /1 2 / beat with a driving /d Du/d Du/ strum. For the BUG Jam, we may add a...
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  • In the Jailhouse Now

    Sue Rogers posted on April 06, 2012 13:08
    YOU CAN PLAY IN THE SAME KEY AS THE 1ST RECORDING IN GCEA TUNING IF YOU PUT YOUR CAPO ON THE 4TH FRET! "In the Jailhouse Now" is an Ameri...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2012, August 21, 2013, September 16 2015 BUG Jam, April 2018 Anything Goes, April 2019, May 2020 (0 Comments)
  • Jolene

    Sharon Baird posted on April 06, 2012 10:38
    You can play along with the videos in GCEA if you put your capo on the 4th fret! The only difference is I've knocked 4 bars out of the intro for B...
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