Kingston Ukulele Society - Songs - Pre-1950

• Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens Louis Jordan, 1946. (play along video)
• All Of Me written by Seymore Simons and Gerald Marks 1931, recorded by Willie Nelson 1978 (video)
• Baby Let Me Follow You Down traditional (play along video)
• The Ballad Of Mack The Knife Written by Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht, 1928, for the show Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera). English translation by Ralph Manheim and John Willett, 1976. (video)
• Blue Ridge Mountain Blues Written by Cliff Hess 1924. This version recorded by Doc Watson 1963. (video, key of D)
• The Cat Came Back - a gruesome classic, suitable for Halloween.
• Deep River Blues (Also known as "Big River Blues") Traditional. (video)
• Dirty Old Town Written by Ewan MacColl, 1949. Recorded by Rod Stewart, 1969, and the Pogues, 1985. (video)
• Farewell to Nova Scotia traditional (video, key of Bb)
• Freight Train written by Elizabeth Cotten (video, with train photos!)
• Goodnight, Irene, traditional. First recorded by Lead Belly, 1932.
• I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am, Fred Murray and R. P. Weston, 1910. Recorded by Herman's Hermits in 1965.
• Hula Lou (Yellen, King, and Charles, 1924.) (play along video)
• Mercury Blues, K. C. Douglas and Robert Geddins, 1949.
• Oh, What A Beautiful Morning Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, 1943, for the musical Oklahoma!. (video)
• Shine on Harvest Moon Written by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth, 1908.
• Sloop John B traditional, performed by the Kingston Trio and the Beach Boys
• Sweet Home Chicago Robert Johnson
• Teddy Bears Picnic Music by John Walter Bratton, 1907. Lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy 1932. (video).
• Ukulele Lady A song from the first great age of ukulele popularity written by Richard Whiting and Gus Kahn, 1925. (play along with Bette Middler in the key of A)
• The Wild Rover traditional Irish song (play along video)
• Will The Turtle Be Unbroken?, music by Charles H. Gabriel, 1907. Parody lyrics by Les Barker.
• The Window Cleaner George Formby, 1936. (play along video)
• Worried Man Blues, traditional. First recorded by the Carter Family in 1930.
• Yes! We Have No Bananas Frank Silver and Irving Cohn, 1922. (play along video)