Ukulele Song Collection
Ukulele Song Collection
Ukulele Song Collection
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Ukulele Song Collection Assignment
Lava:
C
G7
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Hickory Dickory Dock:
C
Hickory Dickory dock,
C
The mouse ran up the clock,
C
The clock struck one
C
The mouse ran down,
C
Hickory Dickory dock
Hickory Dickory Dock is a popular folk song that originated in England.
The earliest recorded version of the rhyme is in Tommy Thumb's Pretty
Song Book, published in London in about 1744. The next recorded
version is in Mother Goose's Melody recorded in 1765.
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Puff the Magic Dragon is a childrens song about a little boy and his
imaginary friend Puff, the dragon. This shows how children will grow
and leave their imaginary friends behind, and to stay young while you
can and enjoy your time being a child.
Old Macdonald:
C
C
Old MacDonald had a farm,
F
C
Ee i ee i oh!
C
C
And on his farm he had some chicks,
F
C
Ee i ee i oh!
C
With a cluck-cluck here,
C
And a cluck-cluck there
C
C
Here a cluck, there a cluck,
C
C
Everywhere a cluck-cluck
C
C
Old MacDonald had a farm
F
C
Ee i ee i oh!
The first versions of this song appeared in 1917 and was originally
called Old MacDougalThe song Old MacDougal went something like
this:
Old MacDougal had a farm in Ohio-i-o,
And on that farm he had some dogs in Ohio-i-o,
With a bow-wow here, and a bow-wow there,
Here a bow, there a wow, everywhere a bow-wow.
There were several versions of this song for many different American
states. Eventually the sate names were removed and we created the
version that we all know and love today.
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London Bridge:
C
C
London Bridge is falling down,
C
Falling down, falling down.
C
C
London Bridge is falling down,
C
My fair lady
London Bridge Is Falling Down is a traditional English nursery
rhyme and singing game, which is found in different versions all over
the world. It deals with the damages of London Bridge and attempts,
realistic or fanciful, to repair it. It may date back to bridge rhymes and
games of the late middle Ages, but the earliest records of the rhyme in
English are from the seventeenth century. The lyrics were first printed
in close to its modern form in the mid-eighteenth century and became
popular, particularly in Britain and the United States in the nineteenth
century.
Yankee Doddle:
C
C
Yankee Doodle went to town
C
A-riding on a pony
C
C
Stuck a feather in his hat
G7
C
And called it macaroni.
Yankee Doodle is a well knowing English-American folk song, the origin
of which dates back to the Seven Years War. It is often sung
patriotically in the United States and is the state anthem of
Connecticut.
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Alouette:
C
C
Alouette, gentille Alouette
C
C
Alouette je te plumerai
C
C
Alouette, gentille Alouette
C
C
Alouette je te plumerai
C
Je te plumerai la tete
C
Je te plumerai la tete
C
Et la tte, et la tete
C
O-o-o-o-oh
C
C
Alouette, gentille Alouette
C
C
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette is a popular French-Canadian children's song about plucking
the feathers from a lark, in retribution for being woken up by its song.
Although it is in French, it is well known among speakers of other
languages. Many American soldiers learned the song while serving in
France during World War I and took it home with them, passing it on to
their children and grandchildren.
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Jingle Bells:
C
F
Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh
G7
C
Over fields we go, laughing all the way
F
Bells on bobtails ring, making spirits bright
G7
C
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song to-night , oh!
C
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
F
C
G7
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
C
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
F
C
G7
C
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
A Medford Massachusetts resident named James Pierpont wrote jingle
Bells in 1850. The annual one-horse open-sleigh races on Salem and
Pleasant Streets between Medford Square and Malden Square inspired
this song. Pierpont wrote the tune in Simpson's Tavern, a boarding
house that had only one piano in town.
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Sources:
All Nursery Rhyme lyrics taken from:
http://www.theteachersguide.com/ChildrensSongs.htm
Facts about songs from:
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/