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Featured BUG Jam 05/24 1 January 2024 BUG "Dance Party" Jam Live @ Red Bird! May 15, 2024 It's a dance party theme - 'cuz who doesn't dance around the Maypole in May! Any songs with the word "dance" in them, or any songs that are your favourites to dance to! Don't worry - no dancing required just enthusiastic uke playing and singing! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jam 06/24 1 January 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! June 19, 2024 Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN! And you don’t need to be any good.
Songs 24 July 2021 Over The Rainbow "Over the Rainbow" is a ballad composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale.
Songs 23 October 2018 Stormy Weather "Stormy Weather" is a 1933 torch song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler.
Songs 3 February 2018 Goody Goody "Goody Goody" is a 1936 popular song composed by Matty Malneck, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
Songs 3 February 2018 Glory of Love, The "The Glory of Love" is a song written by Billy Hill, recorded by Benny Goodman in 1936, whose version was a number one pop hit.
Songs 4 November 2017 Tin Pan Alley Medley Tin Pan Alley was the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters, in a specific area of Manhattan, who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Songs 26 March 2017 Blue Moon "Blue Moon" is a classic popular song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934, and has become a standard ballad. It may be the first instance of the familiar "50s progression" in a popular song.
Songs 1 November 2016 He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down "He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down" also known as "The Wreck of the Nancy Lee" - words and music by Arthur Le Clerq (circa 1932). Billed as a comedy fox trot.
Songs 30 August 2016 This Train Is Bound For Glory "This Train", also known as "This Train Is Bound for Glory", is a traditional American gospel song first recorded in 1922.
Songs 2 May 2015 Cup Song, The (When I'm Gone) "The Cup Song" is a version of the 1931 Carter Family song "When I'm Gone". The song became popular after it was performed by Anna Kendrick in the 2012 film Pitch Perfect.
Songs 28 March 2015 Dream A Little Dream Of Me "Dream a Little Dream of Me" is a song, from circa 1931, with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn.
Songs 8 January 2015 We'll Meet Again "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 and Hughie Charles.
Songs 3 July 2014 Lili Marlene "Lilli Marlene" was a poem written in 1915 by Hans Leip and set to music in 1938 by Norbert Schultze. Marlene Dietrich's 1944 recording became a massive success.
Songs 4 March 2014 When I'm Cleaning Windows "When I'm Cleaning Windows" is a comedy song performed by Lancastrian comic, actor and ukulele player George Formby. It first appeared in the 1936 film Keep Your Seats, Please.
Songs 25 October 2013 All The Good Times Are Past And Gone DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETAll The Good Times Are Past And Gone (WORD) All The Good Times Are Past And Gone (PDF) You can play along with
Songs 16 December 2012 We Wish You A Merry Christmas "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular English Christmas carol from the West Country of England. The Bristol-based composer, conductor and organist Arthur Warrell is responsible for the popularity of the carol.
Songs 13 October 2012 With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm" is a darkly humorous song, written in 1934 by R. P. Weston and Bert Lee, originally performed by Stanley Holloway.
Songs 13 October 2012 Long Black Veil "Long Black Veil" is a 1959 country ballad, written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell.
Songs 6 August 2012 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" is an American popular song published in 1931, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ted Koehler, and first recorded by Cab Calloway in 1931.
Songs 12 July 2012 Summertime "Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.
Songs 2 May 2012 Hobo's Lullaby Goebel Leon Reeves (October 9, 1899 – January 26, 1959) was an American folk singer. His most famous song is "Hobo's Lullaby", which he recorded in 1934 and released in 1936.
Songs 22 April 2012 Wabash Cannonball DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETWabash Cannonball (WORD) Wabash Cannonball (PDF) "The Great Rock Island Route", also known as "Wabash Cannonball" and various other titles, is an American
Songs 23 February 2012 Mairi’s Wedding Mairi's Wedding (also known as Marie's Wedding, the Lewis Bridal Song, or Mairi Bhan) is a Scottish folk song originally written in Gaelic by John Roderick Bannerman (1865–1938) for Mary C. MacNiven (1905–1997) on the occasion of her winning the gold medal at the National Mòd in 1934.
Songs 5 February 2012 Worried Man Blues "Worried Man Blues" is a folk song in the roots music repertoire. It is catalogued as Roud Folk Song Index No. 4753.
Songs 27 January 2012 Deep River Blues "Deep River Blues" is based on a song recorded in 1933 called “I’ve Got Them Big River Blues”, which was probably inspired by the cataclysmic flood of 1927 along the lower Mississippi River.
