Book Description

Thomas Balinger The Ukulele Songbook Children's Songs, Lullabies & Nursery Rhymes Do you still remember the songs you loved listening to as a kid? Songs your parents used to sing when it was time to go to bed? Have you ever wanted to sing these songs with your children and maybe strum along a little on that Ukulele that's slowly collecting dust in the closet? If the answer to one or all of the above is 'yes', this book's for you. Whether you're a nursery teacher, a loving parent or just love making music for children, these 75 children's songs, lullabies and nursery rhymes loved all around the world will have you playing right away! All songs in easy-to-play arrangements for Ukulele in standard C tuning (G-C-E-A) All songs in musical notation with chord symbols plus melody TAB - you don't have to read music to start playing right away! Whether you want to pick the melody, strum the chords or just need the complete lyrics: you'll find everything you need on these pages. And if you don't know how to play a particular chord, don't worry: each song features easy-to-read chord diagrams, too. For reference, there's a handy appendix listing all the chords used in this book plus a selection of easy strumming patterns you can use to accompany songs. Songs 1. 99 Bottles 2. All the pretty little horses 3. Amazing grace 4. Animal fair 5. A-tisket, a-tasket 6. Baa, baa, black sheep 7. Bingo 8. Brahms' Lullaby 9. Brother John 10. Bye, baby bunting 11. Camptown Races 12. Clementine 13. Crawdad song 14. Five little ducks 15. Georgie Porgie 16. Good morning 17. Good night, Ladies 18. Go, tell it on the mountain 19. Hey, diddle, diddle 20. Hickory dickory dock 21. Hot cross buns 22. Humpty Dumpty 23. Hush, little baby 24. If you're happy 25. Itsy-bitsy spider 26. Jack and Jill 27. Jack be nimble 28. Jack Sprat 29. Jingle Bells 30. J. J. J. Schmidt 31. Kum ba yah 32. Lavender's blue 33. Lazy Mary 34. Little green frog 35. Little Miss Muffet 36. London Bridge is falling down 37. Lucy Locket 38. Marianne 39. Mary had a little lamb 40. Mulberry bush 41. My Bonnie lies over the ocean 42. Nobody likes me 43. Oh Susanna 44. Old MacDonald had a farm 45. One elephant went out 46. One, two, buckle my shoe 47. Over in the meadow 48. Pat-a-cake 49. Pease porridge hot 50. Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater 51. Polly wolly doodle 52. Pop goes the weasel 53. Rain, rain go away 54. Rock-a-bye, baby 55. Row, row, row 56. See-saw, Margery Daw 57. She'll be coming round the mountain 58. Silent night 59. Six little ducks 60. Skip to my Lou 61. Sleep, baby, sleep 62. Teddy bear 63. The bear went over the mountain 64. The farmer in the dell 65. The Hokey Pokey 66. There's a hole in the bucket 67. There was a crooked man 68. This old man 69. Three little kittens 70. Tom Dooley 71. Twinkle, twinkle little Star 72. We wish you a merry Christmas 73. What shall we do with the drunken sailor 74. When the saints go marchin' in 75. Yankee Doodle