BUG Jam 03/23 - Bytown Ukulele Group

BUG Jam 04/23 1 January 2023

BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! April 19, 2023

Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FREE and you don’t need to be any good. This is the type of BUG you WANT to catch!

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BUG Jams & Events 1 January 2023

BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! May 17, 2023

Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! Its’ FREE and you don’t need to be any good. This is the type of BUG you WANT to catch!

BUG Jam 03/23 15 March 2023

It's Hooley Time! BUG Kitchen Party Jam Live @ Red Bird! March 15, 2023

Join us for some fine tunes, shenanigans, and a wee tipple to ward off the last chill of winter! Sure we'll have a whale of a time! It's FREE and ye dunna need to be any good.

Songs 3 March 2023

* BUG Jam Songbook, Chord Charts, and YouTube Playlist for March 15, 2023

DOWNLOAD THE SONGBOOK AND CHORD CHARTBUG Jam Songbook V2 for March 15, 2023 revised as at March 10, 2023 BUG Jam Chord Chart V1 for

Songs 30 March 2021

Rambles Of Spring, The

"The Rambles Of Spring" was an original composition by Tommy Makem which was introduced on The Makem & Clancy Concert album in 1977.

Songs 12 January 2021

Wellerman (Soon May The Wellerman Come)

Traditional New Zealand folksong that dates back to the mid-19th century

Songs 7 March 2020

Town Of Ballybay, The

Ballybay (Irish: Béal Átha Beithe, meaning "mouth of the ford of the birch") is a town in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is centered on the crossroads of the R183 and R162 regional roads.

Songs 6 March 2020

Rosin The Bow (a.k.a “Ol’ Rosin the Beau”)

The traditional, "Rosin the Bow" (not "Beau") refers to rosin with the bow of a violin, but both "Rosin the Bow" and "Rosin the Beau" cover the same general subject.

Songs 6 March 2020

I Know My Love

"I Know My Love" is a traditional Irish folk song, which was first collected by Herbert Hughes and published by Boosey & Hawkes in 1909, in Volume 1 of "Irish Country Songs" - although the song is likely to be considerably older than that.

Songs 6 May 2018

Toora Loora Lay

Following the success of The Stable Session album in 2014, Na Fianna joined forces with producer Bill Shanley of Cauldron Studios to record their first studio album. This song, "Toora Loora Lay", is found on their album Unearthed.

Songs 3 March 2018

Old Dun Cow Caught Fire, The

The Old Dun Cow Caught Fire is a music hall song written by Harry Wincott in 1893 (oft described as the "King of Comic Song") who wrote many famous tunes but was paid so little for his work that he died a poor man in 1947 and was buried in an unmarked grave in Yeovil.

Songs 2 March 2018

Mull River Shuffle, The

DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETThe Mull River Shuffle (WORD) The Mull River Shuffle (PDF) TO PLAY ALONG IN THE SAME KEY IN GCEA TUNING, YOU'D HAVE TO

Songs 28 February 2017

Peein’ In The Snow

Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers are a folk music and comedy act formed in Glovertown, NL, in 1983, with Kevin Blackmore (vocals, mandolin, fiddle, guitar), Wayne Chaulk (vocals, guitar, mandolin), and Ray Johnson (vocals, accordion, fiddle).

Songs 19 February 2017

Song For The Mira

"Song For The Mira" is a contemporary folk song in the Celtic style, written in 1973 by Allister MacGillivray, a songwriter, guitarist, folklorist, author, record producer, born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia in 1948.

Songs 2 April 2016

Working Man

Rita MacNeil, CM, ONS (May 28, 1944 – April 16, 2013) was a Canadian singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island.

Songs 29 February 2016

Mary Mack

Mary Mack is a Scottish folk song, a patter song, often sung with a rapid to very rapid tempo, increasing toward the end.

Songs 25 February 2016

Mountain Dew/I’ll Tell Me Ma

We're sure to have a grand time with this medley!

Songs 23 February 2016

Skye Boat Song

"The Skye Boat Song" is a Scottish folk song, which can be played as a waltz.

Songs 18 February 2016

Mary Ellen Carter, The

"The Mary Ellen Carter" is a song written and first recorded by Stan Rogers, intended as an inspirational shanty about triumphing over great odds. It tells the story of a heroic effort to salvage a sunken ship, the Mary Ellen Carter, by some members of her crew.

Songs 18 March 2013

Mermaid, The

"The Mermaid" is a song about a whaler falling in love with a mermaid, but despairs because the mermaid has fish parts below her waist.

Songs 16 March 2013

Lukey's Boat

"Lukey's Boat" is a comical song widely sung on the east coast of Newfoundland and collected by Elisabeth Greenleaf in 1929 in Twillingate, Nfld.

Songs 22 December 2012

Dirty Old Town

"Dirty Old Town" is an English song written by Ewan MacColl in 1949 that was made popular by The Dubliners and has been recorded by many others.

Songs 25 February 2012

Unicorn, The

"The Unicorn" is a song by Shel Silverstein that was made very popular by The Irish Rovers in 1968.

Songs 3 November 2011

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" is a lighthearted song in tribute to Ireland.

Songs 3 November 2011

Wild Rover, The

"The Wild Rover" is the most widely performed Irish song, although its exact origins are unknown.

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".