Category Archives: Ukes4Fun Songsheets

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Music Man – Happy Birthday Ukulele Song for George Welch

New members might not know George Welch, or that most of the more experienced players at Ukes4Fun sessions started off playing the ukulele because of George, as members of George Welch’s Ukulele Allstars and/or the original Misspent Uke band. 

George stepped back from running midweek sessions in 2009. However, he provided support, encouragement and practical help in re-establishing a ukulele session, as “Ukes4Fun”, at The Cumberland Arms late that year and has since helped to set up other ukulele sessions in the North East.

One of the most popular pages on this site is George’s clearly written and beautifully illustrated guide for beginners, The Ukulele First Step, that he kindly donated to Ukes4Fun.

Stuck for what to give George for his birthday this year, I decided that I would write him a ukulele song.  The chords are C, F and G and I hope that you enjoy playing along to the video below.  The words and chords are shown on-screen and there is a link to download the songsheet underneath.

Download songsheet pdf: Music Man – George Welch

I am sure you will all join me in wishing George well and hoping that he is in better health soon. He is still doing some gigs locally so drop in and see him if you get the chance and want to hear some wonderful music and song!

Best wishes,
Lizzie

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Songbooks updated and some advice for the uke-obsessed!

Tim Harries ukulele advice cartoonOriginal here:
http://agagaday.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/ukulele-advice.html

Reverse the sexes and that looks uncannily like an evening at my house!

Finally completed all the corrections to Song Books 1 to 6 (strewth!) and they can be downloaded from this page:

http://ukes4fun.org.uk/songsheets/

I have included some info and advice about preparing to introduce new songs to sessions (have to try to remember to follow it myself now, of course) and getting new songs into future Song Books.

Please let me know which of your favourites are missing and I will put them on the list for the next Song Book – there is info on the Song Sheets Page about the format you need to use so that I can submit them to the magic-wrangling of Songsheet Generator!

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Ukes4Fun Songbooks updated and Book 4 added

2 May 2011: Songbooks 1 to 4 are now available in APHont (for easier reading) Landscape format (to take up less space) – see links on Ukes4Fun Songsheets Page.

Songbook 4: some song-sheets are still in draft form but, what the heck, I will post updates when they are finalised – Songbooks 5 and 6 are waiting in the wings :-)

Ukes4Fun Songsheets – May 1st  2011
SB          Songs from Song Books (SB01 – SB04) – in Alphabetical Order

SB04 – 01    Blue Eyes Cryin’ In the Rain (Willie Nelson)
SB02 – 01    Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis Presley)
SB02 – 02    Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf)
SB01 – 01    Bring It On Home To Me (Sam Cooke)
SB04 – 02    Bye Bye Love (Everly Brothers)
SB01 – 02    Did I Shave My Legs For This (Deana Carter)
SB04 – 03    Eight Days A Week (Beatles)
SB03 – 01    Everyday (Slade)
SB02 – 03    Feel like making love (Bad Company)
SB03 – 02    Feelin’ Groovy (59th St Bridge Song) (Simon & Garfunkel)
SB04 – 04    Fool’s Paradise (Buddy Holly)
SB04 – 05    Hesitation Blues (one of many versions)
SB01 – 03    Hard Times (Stephen Foster)
SB01 – 04    Hi Ho Silver Lining (Jeff Beck)
SB04 – 06    High Hopes (Paulo Nutini)
SB03 – 03    I Recall A Gypsy Woman (Don Williams)
SB02 – 04    I Saw Her Standing There (Beatles)
SB02 – 05    I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob Dylan)
SB03 – 04    In My Life (John Lennon)
SB02 – 06    It’s All Over Now (The Rolling Stones)
SB04 – 07    Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life (June Carter)
SB02 – 07    Last Thing On My Mind (Tom Paxton)
SB02 – 08    Last Time, The (Rolling Stones)
SB01 – 05    Little Ole Wine Drinker Me  (Josh Ritter)
SB04 – 08    Mack The Knife (Kurt Weill)
SB02 – 09    Peaceful Easy Feeling (The Eagles)
SB03 – 05    Quark Strangeness And Charm (Hawkwind)
SB03 – 06    Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley and His Comets)
SB01 – 06    Sailor (Petula Clark)
SB03 – 07    San Francisco Bay Blues (Eric Clapton)
SB03 – 08    See You Later Alligator (Bill Haley and The Comets)
SB03 – 09    Singing In The Rain (Gene Kelly)
SB01 – 07    Singin’ The Blues (Marty Robbins)
SB03 – 10    Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness (Nanci Griffith)
SB01 – 08    Take These Chains (Hank Williams)
SB04 – 09    These Boots Are Made For Walking (Nancy Sinatra)
SB02 – 10    Three Little Birds (Bob Marley)
SB04 – 10    To Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan/Adele)
SB01 – 09    Under the Boardwalk (The Drifters)
SB01 – 10    Wild Side Of Life (Honky Tonk Angel) (Hank Williams)
Best wishes,
Lizzie

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Blue Eyes – Don Partridge – Uke Chords [Key G], Lyrics and mp3

Don Partridge 27 October 1941 – 21 September 2010) was an English singer and songwriter, known as the “king of the buskers“. He performed from the early 1960s as a busker and one-man band, and achieved unexpected commercial success in the UK in the late 1960s with the songs “Rosie” and “Blue Eyes”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Partridge

I found the chords for Blue Eyes in B but this makes it a bit hard to play so I changed the key to G to make this song sheet.

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“Yo, Ho, Yo Ho! A Pirate’s Life For Me!” mp3 plus lyrics and chords for ukulele

Download now or preview on posterous

YoHoAPiratesLifeForMe.pdf (61 KB)

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Last of The Steam Powered Trains – The Kinks

The Kinks marked the mothballing of the last steam loco with a very English version of “Smoke Stack Lightning”

Download Ukes4Fun Chords: now or preview on posterous

LastOfTheSteamPoweredTrains.pdf (63 KB)

Download “Last of The Steam Powered Trains” – from book about The Kinks now or preview on posterous

LOTSPT-62-69.pdf (460 KB)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7418180.stm

Last steam loco in the spotlight

Oliver Cromwell steam engine

The Oliver Cromwell took four years to restore

The locomotive which hauled the last British Rail passenger steam train is taking its place in an exhibition to mark 40 years since the end of steam.

The Oliver Cromwell made its historic journey, from Liverpool to Carlisle, in August 1968.

It has been restored in a four-year project at the Great Central Railway workshops in Loughborough.

The 1968 And All That event at York’s National Railway Museum also recalls the social changes of the 1960s.

‘Pivotal year’

The Oliver Cromwell will be welcomed to the museum by members of Colonel Edward Montagu’s Regiment of Foot, a roundhead regiment of the English Civil War Society.

The Britannia-class Pacific No 70013 originally ran on the Norwich to London line, and made its final trip on 11 August 1968.

Event organiser Matt Thompson said: “With this celebration we are trying to demonstrate that 1968 was a pivotal year in a great period of change that affected not only the railways but the wider world as well.

“The end of steam was an important date in history – so there should be a real sense of occasion at this event, with the return of Oliver Cromwell from restoration and the opportunity for railway workers from the time to pass on their memories of the end of an era to new generations.”

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Songbook updates Sept 3rd – Songbooks 1 & 3

Songbook updates Sept 3rd

Songbook 1: http://bit.ly/bIEpNx

"Did I Shave My Legs For This" – words updated to Dot's version

"Wild Side of Life (Honky Tonk Angel)' – Missing Chorus added after verse 3

Songbook 3: http://bit.ly/aL8DoK

"See You Later Alligator" – Key changed to C and intro updated.

"Singing In The Rain" – verses 3 and 4 removed.

Best wishes,

Lizzie

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Ukes4Fun Songbook Index

I have added a pdf file to the Songsheets Page of the Ukes4Fun Website.

Index of songsheets with Songbook Number alongside (SB1, SB2, SB3)

Ukes4FunSongBooksIndex.pdf – you can download it here: http://bit.ly/bl8OGA

Best wishes,

Lizzie