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Sue Rogers posted on January 12, 2015 13:08
Written in 1961 by Tom Paxton an American folk singer and singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton...
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Sue Rogers posted on January 11, 2015 20:36
You can play along with Valdy in GCEA tuning using the (D) songsheet! On BUG night, Mark will lead it in C.
This is the first song I hear...
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Sue Rogers posted on January 10, 2015 11:24
The video is in the same key - you can play along!
"Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Recor...
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Sue Rogers posted on January 08, 2015 15:58
∼ You can play along with the video! Good practice for playing Eb, Ab, and doing the Safety Dance!
Intro Riff:
A|-3---3---3---3-3-|-3-3-----...
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Sue Rogers posted on January 08, 2015 15:19
"We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 British song made famous by singer Dame Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by Ross Parker...
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Sue Rogers posted on December 04, 2014 19:04
Garfunkel and Oates is an American comedy–folk duo operating out of Los Angeles, California, consisting of actresses and songwriters Riki Lindho...
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Sue Rogers posted on November 24, 2014 16:19
"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is a Christmas song written in 1951 by Meredith Willson. The song was originally titled &q...
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Sue Rogers posted on November 20, 2014 15:44
You can play along with Dominique's video!
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Sue Rogers posted on November 17, 2014 23:05
∼Written by our own David Mayerovitch. He's provided us with the sheet music and a wonderful demo so that you can learn the song! Thanks ...
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Sue Rogers posted on November 11, 2014 22:29
∼A big hit in 1844
***REVISED to key of D Nov 11, 2015 - SR***
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Sue Rogers posted on November 09, 2014 22:45
"If I Had a Hammer" was written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays in 1949, and was first recorded by their band the Weavers. The Weavers were one ...
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Sue Rogers posted on November 09, 2014 17:34
YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH JANIS JOPLIN IN THE 1ST VIDEO!
Written by Kris Kristofferson, first recorded by Roger Miller.Roger Miller was the first art...
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Sue Rogers posted on November 08, 2014 01:05
∼Arthur Godfrey
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Sue Rogers posted on November 08, 2014 00:24
YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE ROLLING STONES in GCEA tuning!
"Ruby Tuesday" is a song recorded by the Rolling Stones in 1966, released in J...
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Sue Rogers posted on November 07, 2014 17:14
"Karma Chameleon" is a song by English band Culture Club, featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers. The first recorded use o...
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Sue Rogers posted on October 31, 2014 17:02
∼Bachman-Turner Overdrive. The videos are in the same key, but not quite the same arrangement. Certain longer instrumentals have been removed. The...
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Sue Rogers posted on October 27, 2014 20:56
∼Wouldn't it be wonderful if Robert led us in this song? Check out his video from the open mike at the Slow Jam in Sept 2014!
Added a melde...
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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...
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Sue Rogers posted on September 18, 2014 10:30
Here's BUG's Beatles' song list for 2017! All songs listed can be found on the SONGS page or in the Beatles PDF SONGBOOK.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sue Rogers posted on August 11, 2014 18:37
You can play along with The Beatles! And we REALLY need to have harmonicas - so be sure to bring them along folks!
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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!
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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Sue Rogers posted on July 02, 2014 12:44
I'm going to have to add "By The Light of the Silvery Moon" to this medley too!
"Moonlight Bay" is a popular ...
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Sue Rogers posted on June 25, 2014 11:31
PLEASE PRINT OUT YOUR OWN PREFERRED COPY FOR THE BUG JAM MAY 2018! All 3 versions are the same, but Guido's shows nota...
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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...
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Sue Rogers posted on June 11, 2014 22:48
Award-winning and soulful "Opeongo Line" written by BUG member Chris Taylor's sister, Karen Taylor.
****WORD & PDF REVISED AND RE...
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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...
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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 of the song ...
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Sue Rogers posted on March 09, 2014 23:14
Words and music by Leon Rosselson, 1973
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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...
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Sue Rogers posted on March 04, 2014 14:00
Who Knew ? Due to the songs lyrics being racy for the time it was banned by the BBC from playing on the radio (late 1930s). The corporation'...
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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...
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Sue Rogers posted on February 14, 2014 16:35
YOU CAN PLAY ALONG IN THE SAME KEY AS THE VIDEO IN GCEA TUNING!
"Button Up Your Overcoat" is a popular song. The music was written by Ray...
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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.
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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 ...
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Sue Rogers posted on February 09, 2014 15:38
Edith Piaf
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Sue Rogers posted on February 04, 2014 21:07
Barry Polisar 2008 - from the movie "JUNO"
The video is in the key of G. For BUG night this time, we'll try the C version.
*****RE...
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Sue Rogers posted on February 03, 2014 00:03
The Cure - you can play along with the video!