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  • Bread and Butter

    Sue Rogers posted on February 09, 2012 20:32
    Check out the Newbeats' video - you can play along with them! For BUG purposes, I've altered the song for guys and girls to alternate through ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, Ottawa Folk Festival 2012, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, July 20, 2016 - Anything Goes, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Jan 2019, April 2020 (0 Comments)
  • Iko Iko

    Sue Rogers posted on February 09, 2012 18:00
    YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE DIXIE CUPS IN GCEA TUNING! At Mardi Gras, the Mardi Gras Indians, who spent thousands of dollars and millions of beads ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2011 Campfire Songs, Saunders Farm Songlist, Aug-2011 Folk Festival Songs, Ottawa Folk Festival 2011, Jan 2012 Songs for outings, February 2013, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, May 2014 - Cruise songs, July 2018 - Summer, Jan 2019 (0 Comments)
  • There's A Kind Of Hush

    Sue Rogers posted on February 07, 2012 20:44
    REQUESTED BY JUNE FOR THE FEBRUARY 2017 JAM by June! YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE VIDEO!  Note: beginners can just play [F] instead of [FM7] an...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2017 - What's Love Got To Do With It (1 Comments)
  • A Mess of Blues

    Sue Rogers posted on February 07, 2012 20:04
    You can play along with Elvis Presley in GCEA tuning! We'll try a nice little blues riff on the [C] and the [F]. Shuffle strum. "A Mes...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, November 2014 Anything Goes, July 20, 2016 - Anything Goes, Feb 2018 - They love me, they love me not, February 2020 (0 Comments)
  • Worried Man Blues

    Timothy Blinks posted on February 05, 2012 17:21
    "Worried Man Blues" is a folk song in the roots music repertoire. It is catalogued as Roud Folk Song Index No. 4753. Like many folk songs pa...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, April 2012, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs (0 Comments)
  • Ev'ry Night

    Sue Rogers posted on February 05, 2012 15:31
         
    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES (0 Comments)
  • EveryDay

    Sue Rogers posted on February 05, 2012 14:20
    YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE VIDEO IN GCEA TUNING IF YOU PUT YOUR CAPO ON THE 1ST FRET! "Everyday" is a song written by Buddy Holly and No...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, February 2014 - Love, February 2019 (0 Comments)
  • Way I Am, The

    Sue Rogers posted on February 05, 2012 13:55
    "The Way I Am" is a song written by Ingrid Michaelson and released on her album Girls and Boys. On September 21, 2007, Michaelson made her n...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, February 2014 - Love (0 Comments)
  • Log Driver's Waltz, The

    Sue Rogers posted on February 05, 2012 12:29
    Wade Hemsworth composed less than twenty songs over a fifty year period. But his works were carefully crafted, and sometimes so singable and eminently...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, July 2012 - Anything Goes: summertime favourites!, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Jan 2019, Sept 2019, July 1 2020 Canada Day (0 Comments)
  • And I Love Her

    Sue Rogers posted on February 05, 2012 11:25
    "And I Love Her" is a song recorded by English rock band the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartne...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, August 2012 - The Beatles, July 2013 -Beatles, etc., August 2014 - Beatles, August 2015 - BUGs About Beatles, August 2016 - BEATLES, August 2017 Beatles, August 2018 Beatles, August 2019 (0 Comments)
  • You Really Got A Hold On Me

    Sue Rogers posted on February 02, 2012 20:09
    YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH SMOKEY ON THE VIDEO! "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" is a song written by Smokey Robinson which became a 196...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, February 2014 - Love, April 2016 Anything Goes, BUG November 2017 Anything Goes (0 Comments)
  • On a Slow Boat to China

    Herb McLeod posted on February 02, 2012 19:30
    By Frank Loesser (as sung by Jimmy Buffett) We will print out the version that starts on C. To play along with the videos, use the Bb version. ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, February 2013, May 2014 - Cruise songs (0 Comments)
  • Come A Little Bit Closer

    Claude Lacelle posted on January 30, 2012 00:54
    Nice little ditty about finding love in all the wrong places ... a three chord wonder by Jay and the Americans! "Come a Little Bit Closer"...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, February 2013, May 2014 - Cruise songs, November 2018, July 2019 (0 Comments)
  • Little Arrows

    Gordon Thomas posted on January 29, 2012 17:30
    Little Arrows by Leapy Lee - an essential song for Valentine's Day
    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, February 2014 - Love, February 2015 - Sue and Mark vacation time (0 Comments)
  • I Love How You Love Me

    Sharon Baird posted on January 27, 2012 20:56
    1961 hit by the Paris Sisters, and again in 1968 with Bobby Vinton.  It was originally intended for Tony Orlando.  We've printed out ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, February 2014 - Love (1 Comments)
  • House is Rockin', The

    Sue Rogers posted on January 27, 2012 19:39
    You can play in the same key as Stevie Ray Vaughan if you capo the 2nd fret. And if anyone wants to figure out a riff and play it at jam time...let...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, July 20, 2016 - Anything Goes (1 Comments)
  • Deep River Blues

    Sue Rogers posted on January 27, 2012 15:21
    Given to me by the MacDonalds visiting us from Nova Scotia! "Deep River Blues" is based on a song recorded in 1933 called “I’...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, November 2018, July 2019, Nov 2019, May 2020 (0 Comments)
  • Take Your Love

    Sue Rogers posted on January 25, 2012 23:46
      You can play along with the video using the C version! Practice, practice, practice those lovely diminished chords! This is the first son...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs (0 Comments)
  • Happy Together

    Sue Rogers posted on January 25, 2012 23:31
    FOR BUG NIGHT, WE'LL PUT THE LEAD VOCALS ON THE SCREEN, AND HAVE THE LEAD AND BACK-UP VOCALS IN THE PDF SONGBOOK "Happy Together" is ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, June 19, 2013 - O Canada!, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, May 2014 - Cruise songs, February 2015 - Sue and Mark vacation time, July 2015 - Ed Sullivan, February 2016 - Anything Goes, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Jan 2019 (4 Comments)
  • Sugar Sugar

    Mark Rogers posted on January 25, 2012 23:06
    Play along with the video! "Sugar, Sugar" is a pop song written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim. It was originally recorded by the Archies, a ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, February 2014 - Love, May 18 2016 (0 Comments)
  • Can't Help Falling In Love

    Sue Rogers posted on January 25, 2012 22:55
    You can play along with the Twenty One Pilots video! This is the version we'll play at BUG Jam April 2017. If you use the Elvis songsheet, you ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, April 2017 Anything Goes (0 Comments)
  • Side by Side

    Sue Rogers posted on January 25, 2012 22:36
    "Side by Side" is a popular song with lyrics by Gus Kahn and music by Harry M. Woods written in 1927, now considered a standard. It has been...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2012 LOVE and BLUES, February 2013, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, May 2014 - Cruise songs, February 2015 - Sue and Mark vacation time, September 16 2015 BUG Jam, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Jan 2019 (0 Comments)
  • While My Uke Gently Weeps

    Christopher Taylor posted on January 25, 2012 16:16
    This is NOT intended for us to play at our next get together! Some people asked me about the piece I played in November, and so here is the tab I ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs (0 Comments)
  • Where Everybody Knows Your Name (Cheers Theme Song)

    Sue Rogers posted on January 17, 2012 20:10
    Couldn't resist! "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" is the theme song from the 1980s television sitcom Cheers. The song was written by...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, August 21, 2013, July 2019, March 2020 (0 Comments)
  • BUG Medley

    Sue Rogers posted on January 15, 2012 18:21
    This BUG Medley was created for and first performed at the Ottawa Folklore Centre's 35th Anniversary Event in 2011. We were given a time slot of 7...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Jan 2019, January 2020 (0 Comments)
  • Way You Make Me Feel, The - Michael Jackson (1987)

    Sue Rogers posted on January 15, 2012 11:05
    Ukuleles rockin' Michael Jackson! ~~~ChordPro Verson UPDATED May 17, 2015 CEL~~~
    Posted in: Individual Songs, Jan 2012 Songs for outings, May 2015 BUG jam, January 2016 - music of the 1980's (0 Comments)
  • Sway

    Sue Rogers posted on January 14, 2012 22:36
    "Sway" is the English version of "Quién será", a 1953 Cumbia instrumental song by Mexican composers Luis Demetrio and Pablo Beltrá...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, Jan 2012 Songs for outings, February 2013, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, May 2014 - Cruise songs, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Jan 2019 (0 Comments)
  • Tiptoe Through the Tulips

    Sue Rogers posted on January 14, 2012 18:20
    FOR THE OPENING VERSE, you can alternately pluck the 4th string, then the 3 other strings together. "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" is a popu...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, Jan 2012 Songs for outings, April 2014 - Spring! Everything old is new again!, May 2015 BUG jam, May 2017 Anything Goes, May 2020 (0 Comments)
  • Unchained Melody

    Claude Lacelle posted on January 14, 2012 18:15
    YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE FIRST VIDEO! "Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, BUG November 2017 Anything Goes (0 Comments)
  • When I'm 64

    Sue Rogers posted on January 14, 2012 17:59
    "When I'm Sixty-Four" is a song by the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released in 1967 on t...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, Jan 2012 Songs for outings, August 2012 - The Beatles, July 2013 -Beatles, etc., August 2014 - Beatles, August 2015 - BUGs About Beatles, August 2016 - BEATLES, August 2017 Beatles, August 2018 Beatles, August 2019, October 2019, July 17 2020 Beatles (0 Comments)
  • I Will Survive

    Sue Rogers posted on January 14, 2012 14:42
    "I Will Survive" is a hit song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, Jan 2012 Songs for outings, September 16 2015 BUG Jam, April 2018 Anything Goes, January 2020 (0 Comments)
  • April Showers

    Sue Rogers posted on January 14, 2012 13:17
    "April Showers" is a popular song with music written by Louis Silvers and lyrics by B. G. De Sylva. First published...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2015 - Anything Goes!, April 2016 Anything Goes, April 2017 Anything Goes, April 2018 Anything Goes, April 29 2020 (0 Comments)
  • On the Sunny Side of the Street

    Sue Rogers posted on January 02, 2012 12:49
    To play in the same key as the video GCEA tuning, put your capo on the 5th fret. Normally these days you only hear the song starting at verse number 3...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, Jan 2012 Songs for outings, April 2018 Anything Goes (0 Comments)
  • BUG Holiday Song List Dec 21 2011!

    Sue Rogers posted on November 30, 2011 16:21
    Hi folks, Here's the song list for the Dec 21st jam - check it out! When there is nothing in the second column, it means we'll do the version that ...
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    Posted in: December 2011 Holiday (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Chanukah, O Chanukah

    Sue Rogers posted on November 27, 2011 21:57
    Chanukah, Oh Chanukah is an English version of the traditional Yiddish song Oy Chanukah (Yiddish: חנוכּה אױ חנוכּה Khanike Oy Khanike‎). The Engli...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2011 Holiday , December 2012 Holiday Songs, December 2013 Holiday songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015, December 2016, Dec 2019 (0 Comments)
  • The memory of an old Christmas Card

    Bytown Ukulele Group posted on November 27, 2011 13:18
    This seems to be a lesser known Christmas song.  My sister sings it so I heard it a lot during the holidays.
    Posted in: December 2011 Holiday (0 Comments)
  • Videos for French Christmas songs

    Gordon Thomas posted on November 26, 2011 10:06
    Videos for French Christmas songs
    Posted in: December 2011 Holiday (0 Comments)
  • Videos for Christmas songs

    Gordon Thomas posted on November 26, 2011 09:42
    Videos for christmas songs.
    Posted in: December 2011 Holiday (0 Comments)
  • BUG's December 2011 holiday song selections in one PDF file

    Claude Lacelle posted on November 19, 2011 16:35
    Alright BUG, Final update 2011/12/03:  All of BUG's December 2011 holiday song selections (v1.6) in one PDF file. Update: 2011/12/03: ...
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    Posted in: December 2011 Holiday (4 Comments)
  • November BUG Night PowerPoint presentation

    Bytown Ukulele Group posted on November 16, 2011 15:13
    For those that are looking for this, here is the powerpoint presentation for November's song list.  
    Posted in: Nov 2011 Some BUG favourites (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch

    Sue Rogers posted on November 15, 2011 18:02
      "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special Ho...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2011 Holiday , December 2012 Holiday Songs, December 2013 Holiday songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, Dec 2019 (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Winter Wonderland

    Sue Rogers posted on November 15, 2011 18:00
    "Winter Wonderland" is a winter song, popularly regarded as a Christmas song even though it doesn't mention Christmas, written in 1934 b...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2011 Holiday , December 2012 Holiday Songs, December 2013 Holiday songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, Dec 2019 (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Christmas Song , The

    Sue Rogers posted on November 15, 2011 17:57
    "The Christmas Song" (commonly subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" or, as it was originally subtitled, "Merry Chri...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2011 Holiday , December 2012 Holiday Songs, December 2013 Holiday songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, Dec 2019 (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Snoopy's Christmas

    Sue Rogers posted on November 15, 2011 17:55
    You can play along in GCEA tuning until the first key change! I haven't put in the key changes for BUG. We'll be playing from the songsheet wi...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2011 Holiday , December 2012 Holiday Songs, December 2013 Holiday songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, Dec 2019, December 2020 (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Silver Bells

    Sue Rogers posted on November 15, 2011 17:52
    This is one of our fun 2-parters! YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE RECORDING IN GCEA TUNING! "Silver Bells" is a popular Christmas song, compo...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2011 Holiday , December 2012 Holiday Songs, December 2013 Holiday songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, Dec 2019, December 2020 (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

    Sue Rogers posted on November 15, 2011 17:51
    I've chosen to base the songsheet on Fred Astaire's recording from the 1970 animated film "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town". YOU C...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2011 Holiday , December 2012 Holiday Songs, December 2013 Holiday songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, Dec 2019, December 2020 (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Santa Baby

    Sue Rogers posted on November 15, 2011 17:50
    "Santa Baby" is a 1953 Christmas song written by Joan Javits and Philip Springer, sung originally by Eartha Kitt. ****WORD and PDF REVISE...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2011 Holiday , December 2012 Holiday Songs, December 2013 Holiday songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, Dec 2019 (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

    Sue Rogers posted on November 15, 2011 17:49
    "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is a song written by Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.  Gene Autry...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2011 Holiday , December 2012 Holiday Songs, December 2013 Holiday songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, Dec 2019 (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

    Sue Rogers posted on November 15, 2011 17:47
    You can play in the same key in GCEA tuning, if you put your capo on the 1st fret. Note: we've changed up the Brenda Lee version ever so slightly ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2011 Holiday , December 2012 Holiday Songs, December 2013 Holiday songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, Dec 2019 (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Mele Kalikimaka

    Sue Rogers posted on November 15, 2011 17:46
     "Mele Kalikimaka" is a Hawaiian-themed Christmas song written in 1949 by Robert Alex Anderson. The song takes its title from the Hawai...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2011 Holiday , December 2012 Holiday Songs, December 2013 Holiday songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, Dec 2019 (0 Comments)