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BUG Jam Videos 21 May 2025

2025 - May BUG Jam VIDEO & SONGBOOK

Here's our Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam recorded on May 21, 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.

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Photos 17 April 2025

BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird April 2025

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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!

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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.

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BUG Jams & Events 1 January 2025

Our BUG Jam is moving to a new home on July 16!

We're EXCITED!

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BUG Jam 07/25 1 January 2025

BUG Jam at our new digs! 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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Songs 6 May 2025

Own Sweet Time

"Own Sweet Time" is written by Canadian singer-songwriter, Maureen Ennis, and released by The Ennis Sisters on their album, Keeping Time, in 2018.

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Songs 6 March 2024

Night Pat Murphy Died, The

"The Night Pat Murphy Died" is a popular Newfoundland folk song regarding the death of a man and the antics of his friends as they engage in a traditional Irish wake. It is often attributed to Johnny Burke (1851–1930), a popular St. John's balladeer.

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Songs 4 March 2024

Ol' Outport Museum

"Ol' Outport Museum" is a song with lyrics written by Rob Starkes of La Scie, Newfoundland, in 2022. Music is based on The Great Rock Island Route published 1882 and later know as Wabash Cannonball.

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Songs 24 January 2022

Goin' Up

The 1995 single "Goin' Up", from Great Big Sea's second studio album, peaked at #70 on the Canadian Singles Chart. The Up album is certified 4x platinum in Canada.

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Songs 1 March 2019

Grey Foggy Day

Eddie Coffey is a legendary Newfoundland songwriter-entertainer who has penned some of the province's most well-loved songs including the anthemic, Grey Foggy Day.

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Songs 29 April 2017

Sonny’s Dream

"Sonny's Dream" (also known as "Sonny") is a folk song written by Newfoundlander Ron Hynes in 1976.

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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).

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Songs 20 February 2017

Shed Song, The

Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers is a musical and comedy trio from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, which is composed of Kevin Blackmore ("Buddy Wasisname"), Wayne Chaulk, and Ray Johnson ("The Other Fellers").

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Songs 5 June 2016

Saltwater Joys

Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers is the name of a musical and comedy trio from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, which is composed of Kevin Blackmore ("Buddy Wasisname"), Wayne Chaulk, and Ray Johnson ("The Other Fellers").

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Songs 4 March 2016

When I Am King

Great Big Sea was a Canadian folk rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, Scottish, and Cornish heritage.

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Songs 31 January 2016

Colors

"Colors" is written by American musician, Kira Willey, and is found on her 2006 album Dance for the Sun.

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Songs 2 April 2015

Attitude Of Gratitude

The Swinging Belles, a JUNO award-winning swing band for kids from St. John’s, NL, are intent on getting both kids and adults to kick up their heels and have a swinging good time with the whole family!

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Songs 4 February 2014

Seagull Stew

"Seagull Stew" is an autobiographical ballad about orphan boys and their sister written by Ignatius Matthews (1950-2011) of Brent's Cove, Newfoundland.

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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.

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Songs 16 March 2013

Squid-Jiggin’ Ground, The

"The Squid-Jiggin' Ground" became Newfoundland's first local hit record when it sold 15,000 copies in 1943.

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Songs 16 March 2013

Ryans and the Pittmans, The (We’ll Rant And We’ll Roar)

"The Ryans and The Pittmans" is a popular Newfoundland folk song. It tells of the romantic entanglements of a sailor named Bob Pittman, and his desire to sail home to finally marry his "sweet Biddy". The song is also known as "We'll Rant and We'll Roar", after the first line of the chorus.

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Songs 28 February 2012

Sweet Forget-Me-Not

DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETSweet Forget-Me-Not (WORD) Sweet Forget-Me-Not (PDF) You can play along with the 1st video in GCEA tuning! "Sweet Forget-Me-Not" was composed in 1877

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Songs 23 February 2012

I'se the B'y

"I'se The B'y" (also I's The Bye) is a traditional Newfoundland folk song/ballad.

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Songs 23 February 2012

Kelligrew’s Soiree

The Kelligrews Soiree is a popular Newfoundland folk song first published in 1904. It was written by Johnny Burke (1851 – 1930), a popular St. John's balladeer.

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Songs 4 June 2011

Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor

"Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor" is a traditional Newfoundland and Labrador folk song. It is a comical retelling of the Jonah tale, with a Newfoundland whaler as protagonist, but in this instance the whale gets his comeuppance.