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Updated Oct. 17, 2009
Additions:
Some ukulele forum members have been scanning and uploading song books and sheets as well. I have permission from them to include their collections here. These two gentlemen are both members of the Ukulele Cosmos forum:
Fleabit:
Gutbucketeer:
Vintage ukulele songbooks and song sheets
Right click on the cover to download a PDF of the book or song sheet shown.
To the best of my knowledge and after several online searches, the following items have all expired copyright (50+ years since publication). However, if I missed something, or inadvertently posted a work with a renewed or extant copyright, please let me know and I will remove it. My intention is to educate fellow ukulele enthusiasts about this wonderful music, not breach any laws.
Feel free to download and use these, or link to them, but PLEASE don't take them and post them on your own site. And PLEASE don't offer them for sale on eBay (yes, someone did that!). I buy and scan these on my own time: I don't charge anyone for them. Please respect that.
CAVEAT: Some of the earlier songs and songbooks contain words and images that are not socially or politically appropriate today. There pieces that may be considered offensive today - particularly sexist and racist. I don't write these, nor do I approve them. I merely replicate them in interest of their historical value.
Coming soon: an index of songs included in the various song books.
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 Some good arrangements here. |
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 Copyright is being ascertained. I did a version of Five Foot Two in C based on her version in this book. |
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 Bonzo Dog fans should recognize the first song listed here! 14 MB. |
 More Remick song books - vols. 1-9 of their instructional series - are online in PDF. See Boxnet for links. I'll soon have the rest of these for download. |
 Several of Cliff Edward's (Ukulele Ike's) song books and other works of his are available as PDFs, scanned by other players. See the sidebar for links to these files. |
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 Large file (13MB) |
 A handful of songs from a coverless, undated and untitled book I found in a used book store. None of the other songs had uke chords. |
 Another Bonzo Dog song in this 1929 song book - Jollity Farm. Plus Ain't Misbehavin' and others. Large file (12MB). A fragile book, hard to scan. |
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 Some uke, also some piano and guitar arrangements. |
 A great collection, including Ain't She Sweet and Vo-do-do-de-o Blues among others, all pre-1928. 15 mb. |
 A fat collection of classic Hawaiian songs. This is a big file (38MB) which I've also split into smaller files: part one (21 MB) and part two. |
 A collection from 1924. Warning: several song lyrics may be offensive by today's standards. |
 Al Jolson's first album of songs. Some great old tunes here Undated but all songs copyright pre-1928. Jolson is shown in blackface, which he used in his early career and used in his 1927 movie, The Jazz Singer. |
 A collection of Rudy's personal favourites, including Cielito Lindo, Man on the Flying Trapeze, Rain, Frankie and Johnny and others. |
 Many popular songs, but music only; no lyrics. Apparently this was the last year Gem produced song books with ukulele chords. From 1936 on, they offered guitar chords. That suggests a change in popularity for the ukulele. |
 A collection of old standards, including Yes, We Have No Bananas, The Band Played On, Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Bicycle Built for Two and many more. Warning: several lyrics may be offensive by today's standards. |
 Many popular songs, but music only; no lyrics. |
More to come... check back to see what I've added. Fellow uke enthusiasts: if you have similar old music scores or books you want scanned to PDF, please contact me. Feel free to download and use these, or link to them, but PLEASE don't take them and post them on your own site or sell my work on eBay! I have purchased all of these for the ukulele community. |
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Donations
Please help me maintain this site, purchase and scan this music, and run my forum and uke reviews page. I would very much appreciate your donation. Click the Paypal button above. |
NEW:Purchase a CD with all of the song books and song sheets listed on this page included, plus the two chord charts. Priced to cover my costs, that's all! |
Also available:
Chord charts for ukulele (C tuning) Large format (one key per page)
and Small format (four-up)
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 Must have been a popular tune. I have three cover versions of this song, with different performers pictures on each. The other two are Ozzie Nelson and Alice Joy. |
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 I remember the Spike Jones version of this song, heard when I was a child, and still recall all of the lyrics. |
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 Co-authored by Thomas "Fats" Waller. |
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 Uke arrangement by May Singhi Breen. |
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 Uke arrangement by May Singhi Breen. |
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Donations
Please help me maintain this site, purchase and scan this music, and run my forum and uke reviews page. I would very much appreciate your donation. Click the Paypal button above. |
More to come... check back now and then to see
what I've added. Fellow uke enthusiasts: if you have similar old
music scores or books you want scanned to PDF, please contact
me.
Feel free to download and use these, or link to them, but PLEASE don't take them and post them on your own site. And don't sell my work on eBay! These are provided for FREE for the ukulele community. |
NEW:Purchase a CD with all of the above song books and song sheets, plus the two chord charts included: |
Non-ukulele piecesSome pieces with guitar chords that can be easily converted |
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 This was, apparently, the first year Gem switched from ukulele chords to guitar chords. No lyrics, just music. |
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