Featured BUG Jam Videos 17 April 2025 2025 - April BUG Jam VIDEO & SONGBOOK Here's our Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam recorded on April 16, 2025, at Red Bird Live with 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.
Featured BUG Jams & Events 1 January 2025 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 05/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! May 21, 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 07/06/25 1 January 2025 BUGs Will Be Playing @ Unitarian House of Ottawa! We're kicking off Seniors Month with residents, friends, and staff at Unitarian House on June 7, 2025!
Featured BUG Jam 06/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! June 18, 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 07/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! July 16, 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 08/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! August 20, 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 09/25 1 January 2025 We're On Vacation - No BUG Jam In September But Mark and I will be back before you know it!
Featured BUG Jam 10/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! October 15, 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 11/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! November 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 12/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! December 17, 2025 Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.
Songs 21 November 2023 A Marshmallow World "A Marshmallow World" (sometimes called "It's a Marshmallow World") is a popular song that was written in 1949 by Carl Sigman (lyrics) and Peter DeRose (music), and published in 1950.
Songs 4 May 2023 Jump In The Line "Jump In The Line” also known as “Jump In The Line (Shake, Senora)” is a calypso song composed by Lord Kitchener in 1946 and best known from a version recorded by vocalist Harry Belafonte in 1961.
Songs 5 November 2022 Pay Me My Money Down A work song, "Pay Me My Money Down" (Roud 21449) originated among the black stevedores working in the Georgia Sea Islands.
Songs 30 December 2020 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" is a popular song written in 1947 by Frank Loesser as an independent song—not written for a particular movie or musical.
Songs 1 December 2019 Petit Papa Noël "Petit Papa Noël" (literally little Father Christmas) is a 1944 song written by Raymond Vincy and Henri Martinet. The song was performed by French singer/actor Tino Rossi in director Richard Pottier's film, Destins, in 1946.
Songs 8 November 2019 Blue Christmas "Blue Christmas" is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson and most famously performed by Elvis Presley. It is a tale of unrequited love during the holidays and is a longstanding staple of Christmas music, especially in the country genre.
Songs 30 October 2019 Ghost Chickens In The Sky "Ghost Chickens In The Sky" has lyrics first introduced by Sean Morey and adapted by others using the melody of "Ghost Riders In The Sky" written by Stan Jones in 1948.
Songs 24 October 2019 Chattanooga Choo Choo "Chattanooga Choo Choo" is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and composed by Harry Warren. It was originally recorded as a big band/swing tune by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra and featured in the 1941 movie Sun Valley Serenade.
Songs 2 June 2019 L.R.T. Song, The DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETThe L.R.T. Song (WORD) The L.R.T. Song (PDF) Our own BUG member, Dan Panke, has swapped out some of
Songs 25 January 2019 Mrs. Robinson "Mrs. Robinson" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fourth studio album, Bookends (1968).
Songs 22 June 2018 Rum and Coca-Cola "Rum and Coca-Cola" is a popular calypso song composed by Lionel Belasco with lyrics by Lord Invader.
Songs 24 February 2017 McNamara's Band "McNamara's Band" (originally "MacNamara's Band") is a popular song composed in 1889 by Shamus O'Connor (music) and John J. Stamford (lyrics).
Songs 6 November 2015 Blue Moon Of Kentucky "Blue Moon of Kentucky" is a waltz written in 1946 by bluegrass musician Bill Monroe and recorded by his band, The Blue Grass Boys.
Songs 5 June 2015 This Land Is Your Land "This Land Is Your Land" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940 based on an existing melody. A Canadian version was written and popularized by Canadian folk music group The Travellers in 1955.
Songs 1 May 2015 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was a major hit for The Andrews Sisters and an iconic World War II tune. It can be considered an early jump blues recording.The song is ranked No. 6 on Songs of the Century.
Songs 29 March 2015 Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" is a song written by songwriter Fred Rose and first commercially released in 1947.
Songs 8 January 2015 Little Girl and The Dreadful Snake, The There isn’t much history for a deep dive on this one. It’s a 20th century original. Bluegrass founding father Bill Monroe wrote “The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake” using the name Albert Price, one of his many pseudonyms.
Songs 8 January 2015 We'll Meet Again "We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 British song made famous by singer Dame Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles.
Songs 8 January 2015 Jambalaya Released in July 1952, crediting Hank Williams as the sole author, it was performed by Williams as a country song. It reached number one on the U.S. country charts for fourteen non-consecutive weeks. "Jambalaya" remains one of Hank Williams' most popular songs today.
Songs 9 November 2014 If I Had A Hammer "If I Had a Hammer" was written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays in 1949, and was first recorded by their band the Weavers.
Songs 24 October 2014 Blueberry Hill "Blueberry Hill" is a popular American song published in 1940, best remembered for its 1950s rock and roll version by Fats Domino. The music was written by Vincent Rose, the lyrics by Larry Stock and Al Lewis.
Songs 3 July 2014 Lili Marlene "Lilli Marlene" was a poem written in 1915 by Hans Leip and set to music in 1938 by Norbert Schultze. Marlene Dietrich's 1944 recording became a massive success.
Songs 2 June 2014 Blackfly Song, The "The Black Fly Song" is a song written in 1949 by Canadian singer-songwriter, Wade Hemsworth, about working in the wilds of Northern Ontario. It is an enduring classic of Canadian folk music, covered by a variety of other artists.
