Ukulele Class 2018

David M. Shere, instructor

Row Your Boat (F or C chord)

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream

Frere Jacques (Brother John)

(F or C chord)

Frère Jacques, Are you sleeping,

Frère Jacques, Are you sleeping,
Dormez-vous? Brother John?
Dormez-vous? Brother John?
Sonnez les matines. Morning bells are ringing.
Sonnez les matines. Morning bells are ringing.
Ding, ding, dong. Ding, dong, ding.
Ding, ding, dong. Ding, dong, ding.

London Bridge (Fx4/C7x2/Fx2)

F / / / C7 / F /
London Bridge is falling down Falling down Falling down
F / / / C7 / F /
London Bridge is falling down My fair Lady

London Bridge is broken down, Broken down, broken down.

London Bridge is broken down, My fair lady.

Build it up with wood and clay, Wood and clay, wood and clay,
Build it up with wood and clay, My fair lady.

Wood and clay will wash away, Wash away, wash away,
Wood and clay will wash away, My fair lady.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (also ABC song, Baa Baa Black Sheep)

F / C7 F C7 F C7 F
Twinkle Twinkle little star How I wonder what you are
F C7 F C7 F C7 F C7
Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky
F / C7 F C7 F C7 F
Twinkle Twinkle little star How I wonder what you are

Skip To My Lou
(Fx4/C7x4/Fx4/C7x2/Fx2)

F / / / F
Skip, Skip, skip to my Lou. Cows in the cornfield, what’ll I do?
C7 / / / C7
Skip, Skip, skip to my Lou. Cows in the cornfield, what’ll I do?
F / / / F
Skip, Skip, skip to my Lou. Cows in the cornfield, what’ll I do?
C7 / F / C7 F
Skip to my Lou, my darling. Skip to my Lou, my darling.

F F
Flies in the buttermilk, shoo fly shoo. Little red wagon, paint it blue.
C7 C7
Flies in the buttermilk, shoo fly shoo. Little red wagon, paint it blue.
F F
Flies in the buttermilk, shoo fly shoo. Little red wagon, paint it blue.
C7 F C7 F
Skip to my Lou, my darling. Skip to my Lou, my darling.
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Wheels On The Bus (Fx4/C7x2/Fx2)

F / / /
The wheels on the bus go round and round
C7 /
Round and round
F /
Round and round
F / / /
The wheels on the bus go round and round
C7 / F /
All through the town

The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish

Swish, swish, swish
...
The driver on the bus goes ‘move on back’
Move on back
...
The people on the bus go up and down
Up and down
...
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep
Beep, beep, beep
...
The baby on the bus goes ‘whaa whaa whaa’
Whaa whaa whaa
...
The parents on the bus go ‘shh, shh, shh’
Shh, shh, shh
...
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Down by the bay (C7x4/Fx4/C7x4/Fx4/C7x4/Fx4/F-pause/C7x2/Fx2)

(F) / C7 / / / F / /
Down by the bay Where the watermelons grow
F C7 / / / F / /
Back to my home I dare not go
F C7 / / / F / / /
For if I do My mother will say
F
"Did you ever see a fly Wearing a tie? "
C7 / F /
Down by the bay.

...
‘Did you ever see a duck
Driving a truck?”
...
"Did you ever see a bear
Combing his hair? "
...
"Did you ever see a moose
Kissing a goose? "
...
"Did you ever see a whale
With a polka dot tail? "
...
"Did you ever see a llama
Wearing pajamas? "
...
"Did you ever have a time
When you couldn't make a rhyme? "
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Mary had a little lamb (Fx4/C7x2/Fx2)

F / / / C7 / F /
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb,
F / / /
Mary had a little lamb
C7 / F /
whose fleece was white as snow.

And everywhere that Mary went

Mary went, Mary went, everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.

He followed her to school one day, school one day, school one day,
He followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rules,

It made the children laugh and play, laugh and play, laugh and play,
It made the children laugh and play,
To see a lamb at school.

And so the teacher turned it out, turned it out, turned it out,

And so the teacher turned it out,
But still, it lingered near

He waited patiently, patiently, patiently,

He waited patiently about,
Till Mary did appear.

"Why does the lamb love Mary so?" love Mary so?" love Mary so?"
"Why does the lamb love Mary so?"
The eager children cried.

"Why Mary loves the lamb, you know," lamb, you know," lamb, you know,"
"Why Mary loves the lamb, you know,"
The teacher did reply.
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Ukulele Class II 2018

David M. Shere, instructor

I've been working on the railroad

F / / / F / / /
I've been working on the railroad Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
C7 / F / F / C7 /
All the live long day Someone's in the kitchen I know-o-o-oh
F / / / F / / /
I've been working on the railroad Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
C7 / / / C7 / F /
Just to pass the time away Strumming on the old ban-jo

C7 / F / F // /
Don't you hear the whistle blowin' Fee fi fiddle e i o
C7 / F / F / C7 /
Rise up so early in the morn Fee fi fiddle e i o-o-o-o
C7 / F / F // /
Can't you hear the captain shouting Fee fi fiddle e i o
C7 / F / C7 / F /
Dinah blow your horn Strumming on the old ban-jo

F /
Dinah won't you blow
C7 /
Dinah won't you blow
F / C7 /
Dinah won't you blow your ho-o-o-orn

F /
Dinah won't you blow
C7 /
Dinah won't you blow
C7 / F /
Dinah won't you blow your horn
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She'll be coming round the mountain

F /
She'll be coming round the mountain
/ / And we'll all have cake and ice cream
when she comes when she comes (Yum yum!) …
F /
She'll be coming round the mountain And we’ll have a great big party when
C7 / she comes (Yahoo!) …
when she comes
F /
She'll be coming round the mountain,
C7 /
she'll be coming round the mountain,
C7 /
She'll be coming round the mountain
F /
when she comes

She'll be driving six white horses when

she comes (Hee Haw!) …

Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when

she comes (Hi, Babe!) …

She'll be wearing red pajamas when she

comes (scratch! scratch!) …

She will have to sleep with Grandma

when she comes (snore! Snore!)…

We'll be singing Hallelujah when she

comes (Hallelujah!) …

We will all have chicken and dumplings

when she comes (Yum yum!) …
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Yankee Doodle

F / / C7
Yankee Doodle went to town There was Captain Washington
F / / C7 Upon a slapping stallion
A-riding on a po-ny A-giving orders to his men
F / C7 / I guess there were a million.
Stuck a feather in his cap
C7 / F / Yankee Doodle, keep it up
And called it macaroni. Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
C7 / / / And with the girls be handy
Yankee Doodle, keep it up
F / / / Yankee Doodle went to town
Yankee Doodle dandy A-riding on a pony
C7 / / / Stuck a feather in his cap
Mind the music and the step And called it macaroni.
C7 / F /
And with the girls be handy. Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Father and I went down to camp Mind the music and the step
Along with Captain Gooding And with the girls be handy
And there we saw the men and boys
As thick as hasty pudding.

Yankee Doodle, keep it up

Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy
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Home on the Range

F /
Oh, give me a home where the
C7 /
buffalo roam
F / C7 / How often at night when the heavens
Where the deer and the antelope play are bright
F /
Where seldom is heard a I see the light of those flickering stars
C7 /
discouraging word Have I laid there amazed and asked as I
F C7 F / gazed
And the skies are not cloudy all day
If their glory exceeds that of love
F C7 F /
Home, home on the range
F / C7 / Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
F / Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
C7 / Where seldom is heard a discouraging
a discouraging word word
F C7 F /
And the skies are not cloudy all day And the skies are not cloudy all day
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This Land is your Land

C7 /
This land is your land,
F / This land is your land and this land is my
this land is my land land
C7 / From the California to the New York
From the California to the New York island
F / From the Redwood Forest, to the gulf
Island stream waters
C7 / This land was made for you and me
From the Redwood Forest,
F /
to the gulf stream waters When the sun comes shining, then I was
C7 / F / strolling
This land was made for you and me In wheat fields waving and dust clouds
rolling
As I went walking that ribbon of The voice come chanting as the fog was
highway lifting
I saw above me that endless skyway This land was made for you and me
And saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me

I roamed and rambled and I followed

my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond
deserts
And all around me , a voice was
sounding
This land was made for you and me

When the sun comes shining, then I was

strolling
In the wheat fields waving and dust
clouds rolling
The voice was chanting as the fog was
lifting
This land was made for you and me
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Ukulele Class III 2019

David M. Shere, instructor

Old MacDonald

F / C7 F …
Old MacDonald Had A Farm, And on that farm he had a horse,
F C7 F E-I-E-I-O!
E-I-E-I-O! With a neigh neigh here!
F / C7 F A neigh neigh there!
And on that farm he had a chick,
F C7 F …
E-I-E-I-O! And on that farm he had a duck,
F / E-I-E-I-O!
With a cheep cheep here! With a quack quack here!
F / A quack quack there!
A cheep cheep there!
F / …
Here a cheep, There a cheep And on that farm he had a cow,
F / E-I-E-I-O!
Everywhere a cheep cheep! With a moo moo here!
F / C7 F A moo moo there!
Old MacDonald Had A Farm,
F C7 F …
E-I-E-I-O! And on that farm he had a pig,
E-I-E-I-O!
With an oink oink here!
… A oink oink there!
And on that farm he had a dog,
E-I-E-I-O!
With a woof woof here!
A woof woof there!

…
And on that farm he had a Lamb,
E-I-E-I-O!
With a baa baa here!
A baa baa there!
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You Are My Sunshine

F / / /
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
C7 /
You make me happy
F /
when skies are gray
C7 /
You'll never know dear,
F /
how much I love you
F C7 F /
Please don't take my sunshine away

The other night dear, as I lay sleepin'

I dreamed, I held you by my side
When I awoke dear, I was mistaken
And I hung my head and I cried

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are
gray
You'll never know dear, how much I
love you
Please don't take my sunshine away
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This old man

F /
This old man, he plays one
F C7 This old man, he plays six
He plays knick knack on my thumb He plays knick knack on my sticks
F …
With a knick knack paddy wack
F
Give a dog a bone This old man, he plays seven
C7 F He plays knick knack up in heaven
This old man comes rolling home …

This old man, he plays eight

This old man, he plays two He plays knick knack on my gate
He plays knick knack on my shoe …
…
This old man, he plays nine
This old man, he plays three He plays knick knack on my vine
He plays knick knack on my knee …
…
This old man, he plays ten
This old man, he plays four He plays knick knack all over agaiN
He plays knick knack on my door …
…

This old man, he plays five

Don't play knick knack on that hive
…
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If you're happy and you know it

F /
If you're happy and you know it, clap If you're happy and you know it, shout
C7 / "Hurray!" (hoo-ray!)
your hands (clap clap) If you're happy and you know it, shout
"Hurray!" (hoo-ray!)
C7 / If you're happy and you know it, then
If you're happy and you know it, clap your face will surely show it
F / If you're happy and you know it, shout
your hands (clap clap) "Hurray!" (hoo-ray!)

C7 /
If you're happy and you know it, then
F / If you're happy and you know it, do all
your face will surely show it three (clap-clap, stomp-stomp, hoo-
ray!)
C7 / If you're happy and you know it, do all
If you're happy and you know it, clap three (clap-clap, stomp-stomp, hoo-
F / ray!)
your hands (clap clap) If you're happy and you know it, then
your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it, do all
If you're happy and you know it, stomp three. (clap-clap, stomp-stomp, hoo-
your feet (stomp stomp) ray!)
If you're happy and you know it, stomp
your feet (stomp stomp)
If you're happy and you know it, then
your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it, stomp
your feet (stomp stomp)
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Itsy Bitsy Spider

F / C7
The itsy bitsy spider went up the water The big humongous spider went up the
F water spout
spout Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
F / Out came the sun and dried up all the
Down came the rain rain
C7 / And the big humongous spider went up
And washed the spider out the spout again

F / C7 The regular medium spider went up the

Out came the sun and dried up all the water spout
F Down came the rain
rain And washed the spider out
F / C7 Out came the sun and dried up all the
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the rain
F And the big humongous spider went up
spout again the spout again

The teeny tiny spider went up the

water spout
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the
rain
And the teeny tiny spider went up the
spout again
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UKULELE CLASS 2018

David Shere, Instructor

1. Mary Had A Little Lamb

1st string/fret: 4-2-0-2 4-4-4 2-2-2 4-7-7

4-2-0-2 4-4-4 2-2-4-2-0

2. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

1st string/fret: 0-0-7-7-9-9-7 5-5-4-4-2-2-0

7-7-5-5-4-4-2 7-7-5-5-4-4-2

0-0-7-7-9-9-7 5-5-4-4-2-2-0