Upton Ukulele Festival will be up(t)on us soon -
We could have some fun this week by playing some of the numbers from their songbook.
On the Sunday there will be an extended busk.
Here is link to the Songbook (there are 106 pages). Please download this and the 2 page Index,
Huge apologies to Stan Acaster - good work preparing the large songbook - There is a massive credit to Dr Uke on the front page:-
"ALL THESE SONGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN WITH PERMISSION FROM WWW.DOCTORUKE .COM
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW THEY GO THEN EACH SONG CAN BE HEARD ON DR UKE'S WEBSITE."
Massive thanks from all the ukers who are looking forward to this great fest - well done Stan !
I have highlghted the songs that I thought would be good fun to try and you could print the individual songs if you don't have a tablet (individual songs are not linked below you have to view /print them from the songbook PDF)
Upton lazy river …………………………………….. P 2
The cat came back …………………………………. P 3
Charlie Brown……………………………………..… P 4
Yakety yak, don’t call back………………………… P 5
Cockles and mussels ……………………………… P 6
PaPa loves mambo…………………………………. P 8
Cruising down the river ………………………….... P 10
In my merry Oldsmobile …………………………… P 11
The day that the rains came down……………….. P 12
Down by the riverside ……………………………... P 14
Eight days a week……………………………..….… P 15
Fascinating rhythm………………………………… P 16
Fixing a hole ……………………………………….. P 17
For what it’s worth………………………………….. P 19
Goodnight’ Irene…………………………………... P 21
Grandfather’s clock……………………………….. P 22
The guitar man…………………………………….. P 23
Hello ! ma baby ……………………………………. P 25
Hello muddah hello fadduh ………………………. P 26
Henry the eighth …………………………………… P 28
A horse with no name …………………………….. P 29
I can see clearly now ……………………………... P 31
I’d like to teach the world to sing ………………… P 32
If I had a hammer …………………………………. P 33
If I knew you were comin’………………………… P 35
I fought the law ……………………………………. P 37
I hear you knockin’ ……………………………….. P 39
I’ll see you in my dreams ………………………… P 40
I’m gonna sit right down and write my self a letter P 41
In the summertime ……………………………….. P 42
I only have eyes for you …………………………. P 43
I saw her standing there ………………………… P 44
It’s still rock and roll to me ………………………. P 46
Can’t you hear my heartbeat …………………… P 48
I walk the line …………………………………….. P 50
I wish I knew how it would feel to be free …….. P 51
Jamaica farewell ………………………………… P 53
Joy to the world………………………………….. P 55
King of the road …………………………………. P 57
Leroy Brown ……………………………………... P 59
Lili Marlene ……………………………………… P 61
Loving you has made me bananas ……………. P 62
Makin’ whoopee …………………………………. P 63
Maxwell’s silver hammer ……………………….. P 65
Never swat a fly …………………………………. P 67
Octopus’s garden ……………………………….. P 69
On top of spaghetti ……………………………… P 71
PaPa loves mambo …………………………….. P 72
Proud Mary ……………………………………… P 74
Ring of fire ………………………………………. P 76
San Francisco bay blues ……………………… P 78
See you later alligator …………………………. P 80
Sir Duke …………………………………………. P 82
The sound of music ……………………………. P 85
Stuck in the middle with you ………………….. P 87
Summertime blues …………………………….. P 89
Sunny afternoon ……………………………….. P 90
Swinging on a star …………………………….. P 92
Teach your children well ……………………… P 94
That’s my home ……………………………….. P 94
This ole house …………………………………. P 97
Two sleepy People ……………………………. P 99
Waitin’ for the Robert E Lee………………….. P 101
Wand’rin star …………………………………… P 103
The wild rover …………………………………. P 105
You’re sixteen …………………………………. P 106
