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Sue Rogers posted on October 27, 2014 18:22
Malvina Reynolds, who died in 1978, was a social activist and writer of protest songs. She wrote this song as a political statement about the uniformi...
Posted in: Individual Songs, November 2014 Anything Goes, July 20, 2016 - Anything Goes, October 2019 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on September 28, 2014 11:25
Here's a great little duet from www.myamoe.com and www.quietamericanmusic.com. Same people, different businesses. Thanks to them ...
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Sue Rogers posted on September 18, 2014 10:30
HELP - revised July 10 2020
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Sue Rogers posted on September 15, 2014 23:48
∼One of my favourite ukulele gurus for beginners online
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Sue Rogers posted on September 09, 2014 22:26
"The Cat Came Back" is a comic song written by Harry S. Miller in 1893. It has since entered the folk tradition and been recorded under vari...
Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2017 Anything Goes, October 2019 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on August 26, 2014 12:00
Our very own BUG member, Peter Forrest, creates interesting ukulele music videos and instructional videos, one of which I've posted below. Check o...
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Sue Rogers posted on August 26, 2014 11:46
Kimo Hussey has put together wonderful series of ukulele tutorials. Have a look at this one and all his others on YouTube: https://www.youtube.co...
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Sue Rogers posted on August 26, 2014 11:35
Hey folks! Here's a very informative video made by Aaron Keim about different types of picks that work for the ukulele. Also be sure to check out ...
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Sue Rogers posted on August 22, 2014 21:38
Claude André Dubois (born 24 April 1947 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
Dubois was an early star of the francophone musical S...
Posted in: Individual Songs, November 2014 Anything Goes, June 2018 - Canada, June 2020 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on August 11, 2014 20:21
You can sing along with The Beatles!
"Twist and Shout" is a 1961 song written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns (later credited as "Bert...
Posted in: Individual Songs, August 2014 - Beatles, August 2015 - BUGs About Beatles, August 2016 - BEATLES, August 2017 Beatles, August 2018 Beatles, August 2019, July 17 2020 Beatles (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on August 11, 2014 18:37
You can play along with The Beatles!
"I Should Have Known Better" is a song by English rock band the Beatles composed by John Lennon (cre...
Posted in: Individual Songs, August 2014 - Beatles, August 2015 - BUGs About Beatles, August 2016 - BEATLES, August 2017 Beatles, August 2019 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on July 09, 2014 23:46
Can be sung as a canon or as a round as well!
Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2014 , June 2015 - Canada eh!? (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on July 08, 2014 21:13
YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE RECORDING IN GCEA TUNING!
A wonderful song by Shelley Posen - singer songwriter extraordinaire from Toronto. ...
Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2014 , May 2015 BUG jam, July 2018 - Summer (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on July 06, 2014 23:16
Risseldy, Rosseldy, also known as Nickety Nackety or I Married My Wife in the Month of June, is a great American nonsense song with a real tongue-twis...
Posted in: Individual Songs, October 2019 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on July 04, 2014 13:39
"Tom Dooley" is an old North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina, all...
Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2014 , October 2017, October 2018, October 2019 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on July 03, 2014 23:03
"And The Green Grass Grew All Around", also known as "The Green Grass Grew All Around" or "And the Green Grass Grows All Arou...
Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2014 , May 2015 BUG jam (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on July 03, 2014 21:30
Hans Leip & Norbert Schultze, English lyrics by J.J. Phillips & Tommie Connor 1938
You can play along with the video! We will likely...
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Sue Rogers posted on July 02, 2014 13:42
"You, You, You" is a popular song published in 1953. The music was written by Lotar Olias, the original German lyrics by Walter Rothenberg, ...
Posted in: Individual Songs, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Jan 2019 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on July 02, 2014 12:44
"Moonlight Bay" is a popular song. It is commonly referred to as "On Moonlight Bay". The lyrics were written b...
Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2016 - Anything Goes, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Jan 2019 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on June 25, 2014 11:31
PLEASE PRINT OUT YOUR OWN PREFERRED COPY FOR THE BUG JAM! All 3 versions are the same, but Guido's shows notation, tab,...
Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2018 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on June 15, 2014 19:40
by Shelley Posen 2004 - singer songwriter extraordinaire from Toronto. He's one of the fabulous local trio here in Ottawa known as Finest Kind, al...
Posted in: Individual Songs, June 2014 - celebrate Canada, July 2014 , May 2015 BUG jam, Canada is Cool BUG Jam! June 15, 2016, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, June 2017 - Canadiana, May 2018, June 2019 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on June 11, 2014 22:48
An award-winning and soulful song, "Opeongo Line" was written by BUG member Chris Taylor's sister, Karen Taylor. Mark and I had the hono...
Posted in: Individual Songs, June 2014 - celebrate Canada, June 2015 - Canada eh!?, Canada is Cool BUG Jam! June 15, 2016, October 2017, June 2018 - Canada, October 2019, August 19 2020 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on June 10, 2014 16:57
"Down by the Henry Moore" is a single by Canadian artist Murray McLauchlan. Released in 1975, it was the fourth single from his album Sweepi...
Posted in: Individual Songs, June 2014 - celebrate Canada, February 2016 - Anything Goes, June 2018 - Canada (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on June 01, 2014 12:39
Murray Edward McLauchlan (born June 30, 1948) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player. Born in Paisley, Renfrewshir...
Posted in: Individual Songs, June 2014 - celebrate Canada, Canada is Cool BUG Jam! June 15, 2016, June 2019 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on April 04, 2014 21:34
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" is a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the ...
Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2014 - Spring! Everything old is new again!, July 2015 - Ed Sullivan, April 29 2020 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on March 11, 2014 20:51
I've taken a little liberty with the lyrics of the song - it just seemed fitting for our wee room at BUG!
And now a little history o...
Posted in: Individual Songs, March 2014 - Kitchen Party, Celtic, East Coast, March 2015, March 2016 Kitchen Party, BUG Hooley March 2017, March 2018 Kitchen Party, March 2019, March 2020, April 29 2020 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on March 09, 2014 23:14
TO LEARN THE SONG, YOU CAN USE THE SONGSHEET AND PLAY ALONG WITH THE DUBLINERS RECORDING IN GCEA TUNING, BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO PUT YOUR CAPO ON THE 7...
Posted in: Individual Songs, March 2014 - Kitchen Party, Celtic, East Coast, March 2015, March 2016 Kitchen Party, BUG Hooley March 2017, March 2019, March 2020 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on March 09, 2014 16:47
Here's a link to Collections Canada about this mining disaster: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sos/002028-2100-e.html
This is perhaps...
Posted in: Individual Songs, March 2014 - Kitchen Party, Celtic, East Coast, March 2015, March 2016 Kitchen Party, BUG Hooley March 2017, March 2019, October 2019, March 2020 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on March 04, 2014 14:00
"When I'm Cleaning Windows" is a comedy song performed by Lancastrian comic, actor and ukulele player George Formby. It first appeared i...
Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2014 - Spring! Everything old is new again! (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on February 14, 2014 17:13
"Daisy Bell" was composed by Harry Dacre in 1892.The song was originally recorded and released by Dan W. Quinn in 1893, charting at number-o...
Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2014 - Love, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Jan 2019 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on February 14, 2014 16:35
YOU CAN PLAY ALONG IN THE SAME KEY AS THE VIDEO!
"Button Up Your Overcoat" is a popular song. The music was written by Ray Henderson, the...
Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2014 - Love, November 2018, February 2020 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on February 14, 2014 12:12
Posted on behalf of Paddy. If you want to play along with the 1st video, you can put your capo on the 3rd fret.
Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2014 - Love (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on February 10, 2014 22:40
THE VIDEO IS IN THE SAME KEY!
"Chapel of Love" is a song written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector, and made famous by The ...
Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2014 - Love, May 2015 BUG jam, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, February 2017 - What's Love Got To Do With It, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Feb 2018 - They love me, they love me not, Jan 2019, May 2020 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on February 09, 2014 15:38
"La Vie en rose" (French for "Life in pink") is the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf, written in 1945, popu...
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Sue Rogers posted on February 04, 2014 21:07
Barry Polisar 2008 - from the movie "JUNO". The recording is in the key of G.
*****REVISED/REFORMATTED April 21, 2019 - SR****
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Sue Rogers posted on February 03, 2014 00:03
"Friday I'm in Love" is a song by British rock band The Cure. It is the second single taken from the album Wish (1992),...
Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2014 - Love (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on February 02, 2014 12:07
You can play along with the videos!
For this rockin' song we'll need lots of back-up singers (to do the parts in italicized brackets),...
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Sue Rogers posted on February 01, 2014 14:50
You can play along with both videos in GCEA tuning! Yippee!
"Build Me Up Buttercup" is a song written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay...
Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2014 - Love, May 18 2016, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Jan 2019 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on January 22, 2014 18:04
Walk off the Earth's version of Lorde's hit Royals - 4 beats to the bar, clapping on beats 2 and 4
If you want to play along with Lor...
Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2014 - Spring! Everything old is new again! (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on January 22, 2014 15:04
John Denver
1st video song - you can play along in the same key using the G songsheet
You can play along with the 2nd video using the C songshee...
Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2014 - Love (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on January 22, 2014 12:23
So you'll never be stuck - here's Happy Birthday in a variety of keys!
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Sue Rogers posted on January 21, 2014 22:53
YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE VIDEO IN GCEA TUNING!
"Accidentally in Love" is a song performed by Counting Crows. It was featured in the Sh...
Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2014 - Love, Feb 2018 - They love me, they love me not (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on January 16, 2014 10:53
I've attached some ukulele chord charts that are freely available on the internet for an individual's personal use. You can pri...
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Sue Rogers posted on January 05, 2014 19:34
"I'm into Something Good" is a song composed by Gerry Goffin (lyrics) and Carole King (music) and made famous by Herman's Hermits. H...
Posted in: Individual Songs, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, February 2015 - Sue and Mark vacation time, January 2017 - BUG Event songs (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on January 05, 2014 13:56
"Bye Bye Love" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. It is best known in a debut recording by the ...
Posted in: Individual Songs, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, February 2015 - Sue and Mark vacation time, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Jan 2019, April 2020 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on January 01, 2014 15:42
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track is featured on their 1980 a...
Posted in: Individual Songs, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, Media Launch - Ottawa Grassroots Festival 2014, January 2016 - music of the 1980's, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, Jan 2019 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on December 28, 2013 14:52
"Bring Me Sunshine" is a song written in 1966 by the composer Arthur Kent, with lyrics by Sylvia Dee. It was first recorded by The Mills Bro...
Posted in: Individual Songs, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, April 2014 - Spring! Everything old is new again!, September 16 2015 BUG Jam, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, April 2020 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on December 28, 2013 14:11
The song "Diana" brought Anka stardom in 1957 as it rocketed to #1 on the Canadian and U.S. music charts. "Diana" is one of the be...
Posted in: Individual Songs, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, June 2014 - celebrate Canada, January 2017 - BUG Event songs, January 2018 - BUG Event Songs, June 2018 - Canada, Jan 2019 (0 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on December 21, 2013 00:39
You can play along with The Steeldrivers! The 2nd video below is a cover by our very own Bryan Crapper!
The song was written by Michael Henderson ...
Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2014 - Spring! Everything old is new again!, September 2016 - Folk, Country, Bluegrass, September 2017 (1 Comments)
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Sue Rogers posted on December 10, 2013 20:30
YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE RECORDINGS IN GCEA TUNING IF YOU PUT YOUR CAPO ON THE 2ND FRET!
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a Christmas son...
Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2013 Holiday songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, Dec 2019 (0 Comments)
