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Contents 1 Contents, information and acknowledgements 2 Welcome to the 4th Lincoln Ukulele Festival 3 Festival Timetable 4 Map 5/6/7 The Highs and Lows of the Ukulele 8 Ukulele Chords C C# D Eb E F7 9 Ukulele Chords F# G Ab A Bb B + Extra Chords 10 Song List: 500 Miles – Kind of Hush 11 Song List: La Bamba/Twist and Shout – You Raise Me Up 1 – 63 Songs

Useful information Lincoln Ukulele Band Website - www.lincolnukuleleband.co.uk Lincoln Ukulele Band Email - lincolnukuleleband@hotmail.com Lincoln Ukulele Band Telephone - 07843 714327 Practice Nights – 7.00pm every Tuesday at Burton Road Methodist Church Hall, Lincoln LN1 3LS 7.15pm every Thursday at Tesco Community Room, Wragby Road, Lincoln LN2 4QQ

Acknowledgements Thanks to all the volunteers from the Lincoln Ukulele Band, and their friends and families, who have helped to make the festival run as smoothly as possible.

Thanks to everyone who has attended for being part of the ever-growing uke community and for continuing to prove that the humble uke is as popular as ever.

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Admission There is no admission charge, but songbooks, raffle tickets, badges and posters will be on sale during the day. Any profits generated by the sale of these items will go towards offsetting the cost of the event. The object of the day is to provide an opportunity for local ukulele players to play and sing together. It is not intended as a fund-raising event. Any funds raised, over and above the running costs, will be donated to one of our charities – The Stroke Association. Getting Here Bishop Grosseteste University is situated in 'uphill' Lincoln. It can be accessed from the north ring road (the Scampton roundabout on the A46), the A15 and A46 (Newark Road from the south, the A57 from the west and the A15 (Wragby Road) from the east. Please see the map on Page 4. Parking There is ample free parking available on-site. Please follow the signs as you enter through the main gate on Longdales Road (LN1 3DY). Please note that the car park on Newport will not be open during the Festival. Disability Access There is full disabled access to all areas of the University. Children Children are welcome, provided they are accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18. There will be no creche facilities. Professional Musicians Professional musicians are welcome to attend but we are unable to pay performance fees or any other remuneration. Festival Volunteers The festival has been organised by volunteers from the Lincoln Ukulele Band. They will be dressed in a distinctive purple t-shirt with a green logo. If you have any queries Format This booklet contains over 40 well known songs for everyone to join in with. A selection from the Festival Songbook will be performed by the whole audience 'en masse', during the day. Groups and individuals will be encouraged to perform songs from their own repertoire to the assembled audience. Depending on the time available, groups or individuals might be able to perform more than once. We have engaged a professional sound engineer, Colin Goodall, for the day and he will ensure a clear sound for all performers. Music stands and a bass amplifier will be provided on stage. A list of groups and individuals wishing to play during the day is kept on the desk in the foyer. Please register yourself or band with one of the festival volunteers and you will be added to the programme. 2

A very warm welcome to the 4th Lincoln Ukulele Festival!

Amplification Limited amplification will be provided. Those attending the bass workshop should provide their own amps, if possible. Please note: We are not responsible for the safety of your equipment. Please make sure any electrical equipment is PAT tested. Refreshments/Food The University Refectory will be open for drinks and snacks during the afternoon. Water We will provide free water (still and fizzy) during the day. Please help yourself to a bottle. Cake A free slice of cake to celebrate the 4th birthday of the Lincoln Ukulele Band will be served at 3.00pm. Any donations of cake would be warmly welcomed. Workshops A limited number of free workshop places are available during the day. Please check at the desk in the foyer for details. Disclaimer The organisers and the venue are not responsible for theft, injury or any other incidents at this event. The organisers reserve the right to alter the programme. For further information Please don’t forget to register your email address with us on the foyer desk if you would like us to keep you up to date with details of next year’s festival. We hope you will all have a fantastic time at the fourth Lincoln Ukulele Festival. Will Dunlop Lincoln Ukulele Band

April 2018 Festival Timetable 9.00 Doors open 10.00 – 11.15 Session 1 11.15 – 11.45 Comfort Break 11.45 – 1.00 Session 2 1.00 – 2.00 Lunch 2.00 – 3.00 Opera-lele 3.00 – 3.30 Cake Break + Raffle Waffle 3.30 – 5.00 Session 3 Workshops 10.30 – 11.15 Colin Tribe – Discovering Fingerstyle Ukulele 11.45 – 12.30 Will Dunlop – Bass Workshop 1.00 – 1.45 Mike Housley – Beginners Workshop 3.30 – 4.15 Esther Knight – Finding Harmony Workshop

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Map

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The Highs and Lows of the Ukulele

Pre-1915 In 1879 a ship carrying 419 immigrants from the Portuguese island of Madeira docked at Honolulu harbour in Hawaii. As was their custom, some of the arrivals walked around singing and playing their small, four-stringed Portuguese guitars, or “machetes”. Straight away the local people were impressed by the instrument’s handy size and sweet sound. Craftsmen soon started to make their own version from local wood, and the ukulele was born. Hawaiian manufacturers were producing about 600 ukuleles every month by 1910, and their exotic sounds began to drift over to the America. The next 100 years would see this half pint-sized instrument take over the world...

Hawaiian women with wreaths and ukuleles, 1910 1915 Kumalae ukulele, made in Hawaii

1915 The ukulele officially “arrives” at the Pan Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. The Hawaiian stand makes a big impression with its dancing hula girls and ukuleles. A ukulele craze happens almost overnight and sales of ‘how to’ instruction manuals and sheet music for the ukulele are big sellers. Importantly, technological advances such as the phonograph and radio help boost the craze.

1925 Ukulele stars have risen to prominence: Wendell Hall, May Singhi Breen, Roy Smeck, and Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) all have songs in the hit parade as well as appearing in musical stage shows and musicals on film.

Ukulele Ike / I'm a Bear in a Cliff Edwards AKA Ukulele Ike Lady's Boudoir (cover by R. Crumb)

1930s The ukulele suffers a slight decline in popularity due to the steady rise of the semi-acoustic guitar, which becomes a more practical choice for rhythmic accompaniment in dance bands. Not for the last time, the ukulele is mocked and people who play it become figures of fun. The 1933 film Sons of The Desert features Laurel and Hardy in some great scenes with ukuleles.

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The 1930s also sees the rise of George Formby and his “cheeky chappy" persona accompanied by his little ukulele (or, more usually, his ‘banjolele’). He stars in over 20 comic musical films and makes over 230 records.

1939-1945 George Formby performs to an estimated to 3 million troops during World War II and is awarded an OBE for his efforts. American GIs who had been stationed in the South Seas islands bring back ukuleles and their exotica nostalgia helps fuel another ukulele craze.

George Formby entertaining British troops, 1940

1950s Once again technological advancements help achieve ukulele domination. A massive increase in television sets in the home helps spread the word of the uke. In the States, Arthur Godfrey - one of the most popular tv personalities of his day and a ukulele player - endorses the TV Pal plastic ukulele. It is a ukulele to strum while watching TV. This and other mass-produced plastic ukuleles are easy and cheap to make and sell by the millions during the '50s.

TV Pal ukulele – early 1950s Some Like It Hot, 1959

1950s The skiffle craze brings another period of popularity for the uke, but In the latter half of the 1950s there really is no place for the ukulele - it’s much too quaint and, let's face it, too polite for rock ’n’ roll!.

1960s The massive global success of guitar bands like the Beatles sounds the death-knell for the ukulele. Ironically Paul McCartney, John Lennon and, famously, George Harrison are all ukulele fans and reportedly jam with them during recording breaks for Let It Be.

Elvis Presley in Blue Hawaii, 1961

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One-hit-wonder Tiny Tim is the advocate for the ukulele in the psychedelic sixties and as a result it sinks even further into the underground.

Tiny Tim performs on a TV show in Los Angeles, 1969

1970s The ukulele takes a well-earned rest from influencing events in popular culture.

1980s Although ukuleles were unsurprisingly absent during the glam and punk eras, they did make an unexpected re-appearance from the mid to late '80s as the “ultimate punk instrument” and a few brave souls formed ukulele groups with names like Uke Till You Puke began to perform in rock venues in. The documentary Rock That Uke charts the rise of the post-punk uke. 1985 sees the formation of the legendary Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

1995 The spread of the internet allows people with specialist interests from all over the world to join forces and share their expertise - and to start clubs.

2005 Launch of YouTube in February 2005 provides an online stage for musicians from around the world. Now ukulele players could play their instruments to other enthusiasts, the uke-curious, and people who had never seen or heard one before. Very quickly the internet ukulele phenomenon grew and sales of ukuleles increased. An early viral video was Jake Shimabukuro playing an extremely slick and accomplished version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. With currently over 14 million views and more than 18,000 comments this short video seemed to bring everything together: the ukulele as a credible Instrument, a connection with The Beatles and George Harrison, and the entire world’s approval. The ukulele was back!

2018 Ukulele sales in Britain are currently running at 250,000 per year, according to the Music Industries Association, and there are now more than 350 ukulele clubs and orchestras active across Britain. More and more people are discovering that picking-up this humble little instrument is not too daunting, and is a great way to get involved with playing music.

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Ukulele Chords gCEA Standard Tuning

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Extra Chords

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Songs Song (Alphabetical, ignoring ‘A’ and ‘The’) No. 500 Miles The Proclaimers 1 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) Simon and Garfunkel 2 Act Naturally The Beatles (Buck Owen and the Buckaroos) 3 All My Loving The Beatles 4 And I love Her The Beatles 5 Bare Necessities Jungle Book 6 Blowin’ in the Wind Bob Dylan 7 Blue Moon Rodgers and Hart 8 Blue Suede Shoes Elvis Presley 9 Build Me Up Buttercup The Foundations 10 Can-Can Offenbach 11a/b Can’t Help Falling in Love Twenty One Pilots’ version 12 Chapel of Love The Dixie Cups 13 Choo Choo Ch’Boogie Louis Jordan 14 Colours Donovan 15 Count on Me Bruno Mars 16 Don’t Get Me Wrong The Pretenders 17 Doo Wah Diddy Diddy The Exciters (Manfred Mann) 18 Downtown Petula Clark 19 End of the Line, The Traveling Wilburys 20 Eye of the Tiger Survivor 21 Happiness Ken Dodd 22 Hard Day’s Night The Beatles 23 Hi Ho Silver Lining Jeff Beck 24 House of Gold Twenty One Pilots 25 I Feel Good James Brown 26 I Only Want to be with You Dusty Springfield 27 I’ll Fly Away Traditional (Johnny Cash) 28 It’s Alright ‘New Tricks’ Theme 29 It’s Not Unusual Tom Jones 30 Jambalaya Hank Williams (The Carpenters) 31 Jolene Dolly Parton 32 Kind of Hush, A Herman’s Hermits 33

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La Bamba/Twist and Shout Richie Valens/The Beatles 34a/b Lady Madonna The Beatles 35 L-O-V-E Nat King Cole 36 Let’s Do It Victoria Wood 37a/b Memories Are Made of This Dean Martin 38 Midnight Special (Traditional) (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 39 Mornington Ride The Seekers 40 My Guy Mary Wells 41 Oh Boy! Buddy Holly 42 Oh Mary Don’t You Weep Traditional/Bruce Springsteen 43 Puttin’ on the Style Lonnie Donegan 44 Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head BJ Thomas 45 Return To Sender Elvis Presley 46 Should I Stay or Should I Go The Clash 47 Singing in the Rain Gene Kelly 48 Spiderman Webster and Harris (Michael Bublé) 49 Somewhere Over…/What a Wonderful… Israel Kamakawiwoʻole 50 Stayin‘ Alive Bee Gees 51 Streets of London Ralph McTell 52 Stuck in the Middle with You Stealers Wheel 53 Sugar Pie Honey Bunch The Four Tops 54 Summertime George Gershwin 55 Swinging on a Star Bing Crosby 56 These Boots were Made for Walking Nancy Sinatra 57 Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran 58 This Land is Your Land Woodie Guthrie 59 Top of the World The Carpenters 60 Travellin’ Light Cliff Richard and the Shadows 61 Tutti Frutti Little Richard 62 You Raise me Up Josh Groban (Westlife) 63

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1 500 Miles

59th St. Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) 2 Song(Feelin 1

Intro - [C] [G] [D] [G] (x3) [C] [G] [D] [D] [C] Slow [G] down, you [D] move too [G] fast [C] You got to [G] make the [D] morning [G] last [C] Just kicking [G] down the [D] cobble [G] stones [C] Looking for [G] fun and [D] feelin' [G] groovy ……… [C] [G] [D] [G] Badada [C] dada [G] dada, [D] feelin' [G] groovy ……… [C] [G] [D] [G] [C] Hello, [G] lamp post, [D] what you [G] knowing [C] I've come to [G] watch your [D] flowers [G] growing [C] Ain't you [G] got no [D] rhymes for [G] me [C] Do it’n [G] doodoo, [D] feelin' [G] groovy ……… [C] [G] [D] [G] Badada [C] dada [G] dada, [D] feelin' [G] groovy ……… [C] [G] [D] [G] I got [C] no deeds to [G] do, no [D] promises to [G] keep I'm [C] dappled and [G] drowsy and [D] ready to [G] sleep Let the [C] morning time [G] drop all its [D] petals on [G] me [C] Life, I [G] love you, [D] all is [G] groovy ……… [C] [G] [D] [G] Badada [C] dada [G] dada, [D] feelin' [G] groovy [C] [G] [D] [G] repeat and fade

‘3 time’ feel

3 Act Naturally 3

Intro [D7] [D7] [G] [G]

Verse 1 [G] They're gonna put me in the [C] movies. [G] They're gonna make a big star out of [D7] me. We’ll [G] make a film about a man that's sad and [C] lonely And [D7] all I gotta do is act natura[G]lly Chorus Well, I'll [D7] bet you I'm gonna be a big [G] star Might [D7] win an Oscar you can never[G] tell The [D7] movies gonna make me a [G] big star 'Cause [A] I can play the part so [D7] well Verse 2 Well I [G] hope you come and see me in the [C] movies [G] Then I’ll know that you will plainly [D7] see The [G] biggest fool that ever hit the [C] big time And [D7] all I gotta do is act natura[G]lly [D7] [D7] [G] [G] [D7] [D7] [G] [G] We'll [G] make a scene about a man that's sad and [C] lonely And [G] beggin down upon his bended [D7] knee I'll [G] play the part but I won't need re[C]hearsin’ And [D7] all I gotta do is act natura[G]lly Chorus Verse 3 Well I [G] hope you come and see me in the [C] movies [G] Then I’ll know that you will plainly [D7] see The [G] biggest fool that ever hit the [C] big time And [D7] all I gotta do is act natura[G]lly

All My Loving 4

5 And I Love Her 11