Featured BUG Jams & Events 30 December 2024 IMPORTANT NEWS! You will now always have a seat at BUG! How? Beginning with our jam on March 20, 2024, all folks must have a ticket to be admitted to our BUG Jams at Red Bird. Please share this news with anyone you know who comes to BUG!
Featured BUG Jam 01/25 30 December 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! January 15, 2025 Happy New Year! Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN! And you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jam 02/25 30 December 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! February 19, 2025 Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jam Videos 20 December 2024 2024 - December BUG Jam VIDEO & SONGBOOK Here's our Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam recorded on December 18, 2024, at Red Bird Live - a full house of enthusiastic ukers! We're in Ottawa Ontario Canada - join us to strum, sing, and be merry! It's FUN! And you don't need to be any good.
Songs 12 January 2021 Wellerman (Soon May The Wellerman Come) Traditional New Zealand folksong that dates back to the mid-19th century
Songs 5 April 2018 Wayfaring Stranger "The Wayfaring Stranger" (also known as "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" or "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger"), is a well-known American folk and gospel song likely originating in the early 19th century about a plaintive soul on the journey through life.
Songs 4 March 2018 Swallowtail DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETSwallowtail (PDF) The origin is unknown, but generally credited as Irish. The "Swallowtail" title (in conjunction with the alternate title in O’Neill’
Songs 16 February 2017 Carrickfergus "Carrickfergus" is an Irish folk song, named after the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Songs 9 July 2014 Ballad of Jesse James, The "Jesse James" is a 19th century American folk song about the outlaw of the same name, first recorded by Bentley Ball in 1919.
Songs 25 October 2013 All The Good Times Are Past And Gone DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETAll The Good Times Are Past And Gone (WORD) All The Good Times Are Past And Gone (PDF) You can play along with
Songs 9 April 2012 Old Joe Clark "Old Joe Clark" is a US folk song, a mountain ballad that was popular among soldiers from eastern Kentucky during World War I and afterwards. Its lyrics refer to a real person named Joseph Clark, a Kentucky mountaineer who was born in 1839 and murdered in 1885.
Songs 23 February 2012 Welcome Poor Paddy Home "Welcome Poor Paddy Home" is an Irish folk song written by Charles J. Kickham.
Songs 22 February 2012 Brennan On The Moor The most popular Irish highwayman since the second half of the 19th century was William Brennan who is immortalized in the ballad "Brennan On The Moor". Not much is known about him except a lot of legends, but this song has survived.
Songs 20 August 2011 V'la l'bon vent "V'là l'bon vent" is a folksong on the theme of the 'trois canards' or three ducks, of which there are some 100 variants.
Songs 2 May 2011 Vive la compagnie (Vive l’amour) "Vive La Compagnie" has many variations from around the world. Scouts adopted it as one of their tunes under "Vive l'Amour".
