A huge debt of gratitude goes out to the great folks in the Bytown Ukulele Group. Their volunteers have spent hundreds, if not thousands, of hours putting this music together and they were generous enough to share it with us.
812 Songs.
Feist (2007)
Paul Simon
Dolly Parton (1980)
Counting Crows
The Beatles
Buck Owens (1963), The Beatles (1965)
Vic Mizzy
Toto (1979), Weezer (2019)
Neil Young
Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band (1980)
Fats Waller (1929)
Bill Withers
Milton Ager, Jack Yellen (1927), The Beatles (1961)
Fred Eaglesmith
Christophe
Boudleaux Bryant (1958), The Everly Brothers(1958)
Mariah Carey (1994)
Barry Louis Polisar
The Beatles (1963)
Elvis Presley (1957)
Smash Mouth (1999)
Traditional Bluegrass standard
Hank Williams
Eric Idle 1979
Don McLean
The Beatles
Stanley Brothers
John Prine (1971), Bonnie Raitt (1974)
Chip Taylor
Sam Cooke
Moldy Peaches
Louis Silvers & B. G. De Sylva
Marianne Faithfull
Zachary Richard
Traditionelle
Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer
Hawksley Workman
Joe Dassin
Frank Loesser (1944), Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan (1949), Dean Martin (1959)
Britney Spears (1998), Travis (1999)
The Beatles
Amy Winehouse (2006)
Jim Croce (1973)
Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
E. Sneed & W. Orryman
Johnny Cash
George Wyle & Sherwood Shwartz
Bascar Lamar Lunsford
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
Harry Belafonte version
Stan Rogers
Trad.
Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler
Earl Scruggs
Barenaked Ladies
Fred Eaglesmith
Stompin' Tom Connors
Harry McClintock
Joni Mitchell, 1970
Irish Rovers
Wade Hemsworth (1949)
traditional
Eydie Gorme
Violent Femmes (1983)
Bob Dylan, 1963
Irving Berlin
Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley (1956)
Styx
Peter Gabriel
Steppenwolf (1968)
Wilhelm Meyer Lutz
Simon and Garfunkel
Cure
Melanie Safka
The Newbeats (1964)
Slaid Cleaves
The Greg Kihn Band (1981)
Clancy Brothers
Arthur Kent and Sylvia Dee
Kings of Leon and Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra
Various Artists
The Foundations
Arthur Alexander, Elvis Presley (1972)
Hollies
B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
The Everly Brothers (1957)
Traditional, The Travellers
The Mamas and the Papas (1965)
Hal Brolund
The Beatles
Elvis Presley (1961)
Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Ray Griff
Gordon Lightfoot
Trad.
Shelley Posen
Miller, 1893, et al
Harry Chapin (1974), Johnny Cash (1989)
Donovan
Mumford and Sons
Simon and Garfunkel (1970)
Sam Cooke
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Trad.
The Dixie Cups
Snow Patrol
Gary Portnoy
Darlene Love (1963), U2 (1987), Mariah Carey (1994)
Bing Crosby (1951), Anne Murray (1981), Irish Rovers (1999)
John Prine
Wayne Rostad
Chris Rice
Dr. William S. Pitts
Trad.
Percy Montrose (1884)
Indigo Girls (1989)
Semisonic (1999)
Foreigner (1977)
The Waltons (1992)
Donovan
Jay and the Americans (1964)
The Kinks (1982)
Tom Waits
David Francey
Stompin’ Tom Connors
Steve Earle
Bruno Mars
Fludd
Dr. Hook
John Prine/Pat McLaughin
Queen (1980)
Thom Yorke
Appalachian folk song
John Lennon
Ricky Skaggs (1981)
You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
Sam Cooke (1961), Amy Winehouse (2006)
The Crystals (1963)
Harry Dacre 1892
Leonard Cohen
Bruce Springsteen
ABBA (1976)
Frederic Weatherly
The Monkees (1967), Anne Murray (1979)
Rolling Stones
John Prine
traditional, Oscar Isaac (2013)
Traditional
Jerry Garcia
Paul Anka
J.D. Miller 1961
Ewan MacColl (1949), The Dubliners (1968), The Pogues (1985), Steve Earle (2015)
Traveling Wilburys
"Bella Ciao" (traditional Italian tune)
"Bella Ciao" (traditional Italian tune)
Manfred Mann (1964)
Berry Gordy, Jr.
The Beatles
Robert Fletcher & Cole Porter (1934), Roy Rogers (1944)
Tom T. Hall
Duke Ellington (1940), Tony Bennett & Michael Bublé (2011)
Leon Rosselson
The Beatles
Journey (1981)
Bobby McFerrin (1988)
Simple Minds (1985)
Andy Stewart
Trad / Daniel McLaughlin
Mary Chapin Carpenter (1991)
traditional children's song
Murray McLauchlan
Traditional gospel song
Traditional gospel song
Traditional
Traditional
John Fogerty (C.C.R.)
John Fogerty (C.C.R.)
Men at Work (1981)
The Mamas and the Papas
Blondie (1979)
Gelbart, Goldfarb and Grossman
traditional sea shanty
Kansas
Old Man Luedecke (2015)
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein (1959)
The Beatles (1964)
folk song
classic children’s song
Trad.
R.E.M. (1992)
Buddy Holly
Sloan
Santana
Survivor
George Michael (1987)
Robert Tannahill, "The Soldier's Adieu" (1791), Gordon Lightfoot (1965), Catherine McKinnon (1967), The Irish Rovers (1981)
Murray McLachlin
Trad. Girl Guide Song
children's song
The Lovin' Spoonful
Peter Paul and Mary
Noah and the Whale
Statler Brothers
Johnny Cash & Gordon Jenkins (1955)
Harry Wright ~1880
The Beatles
Johnny Cash
Ian and Sylvia (1962), Neil Young (1978)
Traditional folk song
Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974)
Tom Petty (1989)
J. Geils Band (1982)
Elizabeth Cotten
The Cure (1992)
traditional English folk song
Iron and Wine
The Beatles (1963)
Trad.
Steve Earle with Sharon Shannon (2000), Mundy and Sharon Shannon (2008)
Kenny Rogers (1978)
Drive-By Truckers
The Seekers
Rolling Stones
Bobby Troup (1946), Nat King Cole (1946), Chuck Berry (1961), Rolling Stones (1964), John Mayer (2006)
Stan Jones (1948), Vaughn Monroe (1949), Tom Jones (1967), Elvis Presley (1970), Johnny Cash (1979)
Trad.
John Hiatt
Elvis Presley (1961)
Green Day (1997)
Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter (1933)
Huddie Ledbetter aka Leadbelly
Music Man
The Beatles
Billy Grammer (1958), Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys (1959), Bobby Bare (1963), Bob Dylan (1970)
Elmo 'n' Patsy (1979)
John Denver (1974)
Harry Von Tilzer, William Jerome
Porter Wagoner (1965), Tom Jones (1966), Johnny Cash (1968)
Cher
traditional
Elton John & Tim Rice (1994)
Leonard Cohen (1984), Jeff Buckley (1994), k.d. lang (2004), Pentatonix (2016)
Travelling Wilburys (1988)
Trad. Sea Shanty
Donovan Leitch
Mildred and Patty Hill (1893)
Johnn Lennon, Yoko Ono (1972)
Pratt and McClain
The Turtles
The Beatles (1964)
Woody Guthie
Woody Guthie
Sam Lewis, Young, and Henderson (1925)
Blue Rodeo (1993)
H. Martin and R. Blane, Judy Garland (1944), Frank Sinatra (1957)
Simon and Garfunkel (1966), The Bangles (1987)
Joe & Audrey Allison, Jim Reeves (1959)
Neil Young (1971)
Harlan Howard, Guy Mitchell (1959), Ray Price (1959), George Jones (1961), Buck Ownes (1961), Bing Crosby (1965), Willie Nelson (1966), Waylon Jennings (1967), Burl Ives (1968), Dwight Yoakam (1986), Roseanne Cash and Elvis Costello (2009)
Martha and the Vandellas
The Beatles (1965)
Gene Autry
George Harrison
Ray Repp
Paul Piché
The Beatles (1968)
Train (2009)
Plain White Ts
Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield
The Lumineers
Stompin' Tom Connors (1973)
Burl Ives (1964)
Robert Allen & Al Stillman
Robert Allen & Al Stillman
Daniel E. Kelley, Brewster M. Higley
Simon & Garfunkel ()
Bob Merrill (1957) (the Jimmie Rodgers version)
Moon Mullican
B.J. Thomas (1968), The Twinkle Brothers (1971), Blue Swede (1974)
America
Eagles (1977)
The White Stripes (2001)
Leiber and Stoller, Big Mama Thornton (1953), Elvis Presley (1956)
Kenny Loggins
Twenty One Pilots (2011)
Traditional, The Animals, 1964
Traditional, The Animals, 1964
Jack Owens (1948)
traditional
Imagine Dragons
Johnny Nash, 1972
Grace VanderWaal (2016)
Tom Waits
The Beatles
Loretta Lynn (1972)
Sonny Curtis (1959), hit for The Bobby Fuller Four (1966)
Marvin Gaye
The Beatles
The Rembrandts
Bob Dylan
Albert E. Brumley
The Beatles
Jean Leloup
Barry Mann and Larry Kolber
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Neil Diamond, The Monkees (1966), Smash Mouth (2001)
Irving Berlin
By The Proclaimers, 1988
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Johnny Cash
Mort Dixon,Harry Woods
Bruce Springsteen
The Beatles
Hank Williams (1949)
Jason Mraz (AUAS Version)
Dusty Springfield
The Beatles
J’ai vu maman embrasser le Père Noël
traditional
The Beatles
Johnny Cash & Roy Cash Jr.
Ritchie Cordell, 1967
American folk song
Louis Prima (1967)
The Beatles
Gayla Peevey (1953)
By Erika Eigen, 1969
Jackson 5 (1969)
Death Cab for Cutie
Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren
Mumford and Sons
Clarence Williams, Armand Piron (1919)
The Beatles
Barenaked Ladies (1991)
Peter, Paul and Mary
Steel Drivers
Gordon Lightfoot (1970)
Mamas and The Papas
Cat Stevens
John Lennon (1971)
John Prine with Iris Dement
Jimmie Rodgers
Mungo Jerry (1970)
Alanis Morissette (1995)
Harry Belafonte
Ronnie Scott & Steve Wolfe
Billy Rose, E.Y. Harburg, and Harold Arlen
Billy Rose, E.Y. Harburg, and Harold Arlen
traditional children's song
Brian Hyland
Bob Carleton (1918)
Trad.
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash (1967)
Trad.
James Lord Pierpont
~was a desperate little man~
Chuck Berry (1958)
Charles de Lint
Steve Miller Band (1973)
Dolly Parton (1974)
John Sebastian (1966)
Culture Club (1983)
Ada Blenkhorn (1899), Carter Family (1928)
Johnny Burke
Roger Miller (1964)
The Weavers
Bob Dylan (1973)
Ross Douglas
Beach Boys
Peter, Paul and Mary
Bert Kaempfert & Milt Gabler
Les Colocs
Edith Piaf
Peter and Gordon
The Beatles
Traditional
Wham! (1984)
Wayne Cochran
Arrogant Worms (1992), Captain Tractor (1995), Brad Johner (2003), Amy Nelson (2018)
Edward Bear (1972)
The Monkees (1966)
The Burning Hell
James Ford Murphy (2015)
Eric Clapton (1977)
BeauDommage
Vilain Pingouin
Bill Withers, 1972
John Denver (1966), Peter, Paul and Mary (1967), Chantal Kreviazuk (1998)
The Beatles (1970)
Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne, 1945
John Prine/Fred Koller
By Madonna (1989)
Hans Leip & Norbert Schultze, J.J. Phillips & Tommie Connor
The Scaffold (1968), Irish Rovers (1969)
The Cranberries (1993)
Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds (1939), The Tokens (1961)
Leapy Lee
Alan Jackson
Malvina Reynolds (1962)
Fred Eaglesmith
The Be Good Tanyas (2000)
Avett Brothers
traditional
Gerry Goffin & Carole King, 1962
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Wade Hemsworth (1979)
The Kinks (1970)
David Francey
Neil Young
CCR
Ronan Hardiman
R.E.M
LP (2016)
Paul Williams and Charles Fox
The Everly Brothers (1960), Roy Orbison (1961), Nazareth (1975)
The Beatles (1962)
Elvis Presley (1956)
J. Geils Band (1980)
Bruce Cockburn (1984), Barenaked Ladies (1991)
Paul Simon (1973)
Fred Eaglesmith
John Lennon
The Beatles
folk song
Piero Umiliani(1968), Muppets (1969), Cake (2002)
Trad?
The Dubliners
Scottish folk song
Doug and the Slugs (1983)
Merle Haggard (1968)
Soggy Bottom Boys
David Bowie (1970), Nirvana (1993)
Jimmy Buffett (1977)
Great Big Sea (traditional)
Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman (Elvis Presley)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1993)
traditional, Great Big Sea (1995)
The Beatles (1969)
Terry Bush (1979)
Paul Simon
Lobo
Vaughn Horton
Janis Joplin
Great Big Sea
Shakin Stevens
Kate Nash (2008)
Jimmie Dodd (1955)
Cab Calloway & Irving Mills
Vera Johnson (195?), John Pearse (1967)
Cole Porter
Barrett Strong
Henry Mancini, Audrey Hepburn (1961), Andy Williams (1962)
Van Morrison (1970)
Percy Wenrich, Edward Madden, Gus Edwards, (Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth)
Elvis Presley
Cat Stevens (1970)
David Francey
Pink Floyd Ukulele (version arranged by Mike Cox)
Grandpa Jones version
Kate Micucci
Simon & Garfunkel (1967), Lemonheads (1992)
Mitch Miller
Scottish folk song
Maren Morris (2016)
Chuck Berry
Henry Clay Work (1876)
Del Shannon & Max Crook
Agnes ("Sis") Cunningham
Dean Martin & Ricky Nelson
Sung to the Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Tom Russell & Ian Tyson
Corey Hart (1984)
Kirsty MacColl (1984)
Robbie Robertson (the Band)
Blind Melon (1992)
Stan Rogers
The Beatles
Prince and the Family (1985), Sinéad O’Connor (1990)
The Beatles
Calixa Lavallée & Adolphe-Basile Routhier (1880), Robert Stanley Weir (1908)
Calixa Lavallée & Adolphe-Basile Routhier (1880), Robert Stanley Weir (1908)
Calixa Lavallée & Adolphe-Basile Routhier (1880), Robert Stanley Weir (1908)
Trad.
The Beatles (1968)
Buddy Holly & the Crickets (1957)
Larry "Uncle Smoky" Clark (1982)
Stephen Foster
Charles de Lint
Frank Loesser (as per Jimmy Buffett)
Traditional folk song
Traditional folk song, lyrics by Middle School students of Lodi, California
Tune – Battle Hymn of the Republic
Bob Dylan
Joe Jackson (1979)
Leonard Cohen
Johnny Cash
The Faces (1973), Rod Stewart (1998)
Karen Taylor
Irish Rovers
Iris Dement
Lucinda Williams (2003)
Townes Van Zandt
The Beatles (1966)
Meat Loaf (1977)
Meat Loaf (1977)
Mary-Chapin Carpenter
The Beatles
Doors
Ed Sheeran (2017)
John Denver
Doris Day, Pussycat Dolls, Cake
The Marvelettes (1961), The Beatles (1963)
The Beatles
Lennon & McCartney
Levon Helm
composed by Sammy Lerner
John Fogerty, 1968
The Beatles
Talking Heads (1977)
Peter, Paul and Mary
trad.
The Beatles
Dee Clark
Hal David and Burt Bacharach, BJ Thomas (1969)
Traditional
Ned Washington (lyrics) & Dimitri Tiomkin (music)
Killers
Irish traditional
Neil Diamond (1968), UB40 (1983)
Traditional
Plain White T's (2010)
Cascade
June Cash (1963)
Vance Joy (2013)
Based on a Scottish folk song
Sylvia Tyson, Crystal Gayle (1977)
Brenda Lee (1958)
Bobby Day (1958), Michael Jackson (1972)
Bobby Vinton (1962)
trad. round
Lorde (2013)
Johnny Marks (1949)
Soul Asylum (1992)
Scott McKenzie
Trad
Rolling Stones
Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
Michael Franti and Spearhead
Sir Paul McCartney (as performed with Jimmy Fallon)
Phil Phillips (1959), Honeydrippers (1985), Cat Power (2000)
Ignatius Patrick Matthews (1950-2011)
Les Brown, Ben Homer, & Bud Green
Joe Raposo, Jon Stone and Bruce Hart
Troy Seals and Eddie Setser
Trad children's song
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (2018)
Benny Bell
children's folk song
The Rolling Stones (1980)
Bayes, Norworth, 1908
By Randy Newman
The Clash (1982)
Toby Keith
G.Kahn & H.M. Woods
Michael H. Cleary, Herb Magidson, Ned Washington (1929), R. Crumb and the Cheap Suit Serenaders (1978)
Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown (1929), Gene Kelly (1952)
America
Otis Redding
Trad children's song
Rolf Harris (1961)
Feist & Piantadosi (1910), Sharon, Lois & Bram (1978)
Children's Song
Eddie Veddar
The Beach Boys, 1966 version ‘The John B. Sails’ (1917)
Royal Guardsmen
Gene MacLellan, Anne Murray (1970)
Janis Ian
Gotye
Ian Tyson
Oscar Brand
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Gordon Lighfoot
Gordon Lightfoot
David Bowie (1969)
JOHN PRINE
Bob Harris
The Strumbellas (2015)
Shapiro & Harry Middlebrooks
Michael G. Cox
Arthur R. Scammell
traditional
Ben E. King (1961)
The Beatles
Deanna Carter (1995)
Stray Cats (1981)
Stealers Wheel (1972)
Neil Sedaka and Howie Greenfield
Stompin' Tom Connors (1967)
The Archies
Bryan Adams (1985)
Chad & Jeremy
Walk Off The Earth
Fred Eaglesmith
George Gershwin
Gordon Lightfoot (1974)
Corey Hart (1984)
The Kinks
The Kinks
The Kinks
Donovan
Sherman Brothers, Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke (1964)
Crash Test Dummies
Mark James (aka Francis Zambon)
Leonard Cohen
P.B. Ruiz & N. Gimbel
P.B. Ruiz & N. Gimbel
traditional
A. Ken Casey, Maceo Pinkard (1925), Bing Crosby (1932)
A. Ken Casey, Maceo Pinkard (1925)
Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke
Dr.Hook
By Ed Cobb, 1964
Little Jimmy Dickens
Eagles
John Denver (1971)
Johnny Paycheck (1977)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1973)
Crosby Stills Nashand & Young
Eric Clapton
children's song
Trad children's song
Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King (1947), Patti Page (1950)
Andrew Gold
Buddy Holly & The Crickets (1957)
Arthur Crudup (1946), Elvis Presley (1954), The Beatles (1963)
Dean Martin
James Royce Shannon
The Monkees (1966)
The Crystals (1963)
Nancy Sinatra
The Beatles
The Travellers
Harry Dixon Loes
trad. children's song
Hans Carste, Charles Tobias
Adams and Strouse
Bob Marley
Saxie Dowell
The Beatles (1965)
The Black Keys
Beatles
Blue Rodeo (1990)
Cyndi Lauper (1983)
aka Time Gentlemen Please
Corb Lund Band (2009)
Rocky Horror Show (1973), Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Al Dubin and Joe Burke (1926), Tiny Tim (1968)
African-American folk song
Lulu
Zac Brown Band (2007)
North Carolina folk song
The Secret Sisters (2012)
Billy Rose, Lee David (1926)
Brock Zeman
Johnny Cash
The Decemberists (2018)
Wilhelm Lindemann (1927)
Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt
The Byrds (1965)
Little Richard (1955)
Trad: (with inspiration from Ukulele Bartt)
Phil Medley and Bert Berns, Isley Brothers (1962), The Beatles (1963)
Jez Quayle, sung to the Wallace & Gromit theme
Daniel Lanois
Queen and David Bowie (1981)
The Drifters (1964)
Shel Silverstein (1962), Irish Rovers (1968)
The Band
Trad. French-Canadian > 300 years old!
The Zutons (2006), Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse (2007)
J. A. Roff (1882), Carter Family (1929)
Bob Dylan (1973), Old Crow Medicine Show (2004), Darius Rucker (2013)
Jimmie Rodgers (1928)
Alan Block and Donn Hecht, Patsy Cline (1957)
Folk song
Ingrid Michaelson
Words: Woody Guthrie, music: Billy Bragg 1997
Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party
Sister Sledge (1979)
White Stripes
Newfoundland folk song
Newfoundland folk song
Trooper (1977)
Twisted Sister (1984)
traditional
Robbie Robertson (1968)
Trad?
Warren Zevon (1978)
Lovin' Spoonful
Frank Loesser (1947)
4 Non Blondes (1992)
Tragically Hip (1992)
traditional children's song
Shelley Posen
Fred Cliff, Harry Gifford & George Formby
The Beatles (1967)
Ernest Ball, Chauncey Olcott & George Graff
Cliff Edwards (1940)
Peter Sarstedt (abridged)
Kingston Trio (1961), Pete Seeger (1962), Peter, Paul & Mary (1962)
Irish traditional, The Dubliners (1968), Irish Rovers, Thin Lizzy (1973), Metallica (1999)
Jefferson Airplane
Tom Russell
Shania Twain (1995)
folk song
Cat Stevens
Fred Eaglesmith
Carter Family
Ada Habershon & Charles Gabriel
The Association
Felix Bernard & Richard B. Smith
David Seville (1958)
The Beatles
Sam Cooke
Oasis (1995)
Rita MacNeil (1988)
The Seekers
The Beatles
Folk Song
Gordon Lightfoot
Johnny Cash
Alan & Marilyn Bergman
The Beatles (1966)
Beatles
Walter Donaldson & Gus Khan, 1925
The Beatles
The Village People, 1978
Bob Dylan (1971), Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1989)
Ingrid Michaelson
The Rice Brothers, 1939
Seuss/Hague
Paul Anka
Carly Simon (1972)
John Farrer
Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn (1978)
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Regina Spektor
The Beatles (1965)
Lotar Olias & Robert Mellin
Hank Williams (1953)
Gear Daddies
Allie Wrubel & Ray Gilbert (1946)