Ukuleles On The Shore

This is a song I wrote in September 2016, inspired by the Ukulele Hooley By The Sea, a ukulele festival I went to near Dublin in Ireland. I decided to write something in the style of sea shanty, but as the action in the song all takes place on the shore, it is a shore shanty. The photo is one I took of a beach in Reykjavik in October 2017.

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Ukuleles On The Shore

I went down to the shore today
With my ukulele
I went down to the shore today
With my ukulele

With my ukulele
With my ukulele
I went down to the shore today
With my ukulele

On the shore I spied a lass
With a ukulele

She said to me won't you play a while
On your ukulele

So I sat with her and we played some songs
On our ukuleles

Then she said to me now I must go
With my ukulele

I said to her why must you go?
With your ukulele

She said to me I've got a boat to catch
Early in the morning

So now I'm here all on my own
With my ukulele

Here's a recording:

This recording was made in November 2017 and features me on vocals, with accompaniment on the tenor and baritone ukuleles, and some vocal percussion. The chords are C, G and F.

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Songs I've written

The Elephant Song | When you get to jiggit | Chaos | Winter | Everyday adventures | Hints of Blossom | A Panda in a Poncho | Plinkin Plookplooks | Spollagyn son tey | How many? | A Gnu in My Shoe | A Hen in My Hat | The Ballad of the Wug and the Cra | La Plume de ma Tante | Ukuleles On The Shore | Echoes on the Tongue | Dardledumdue | It's Okay To Be Odd | Monday Morning | Tall Tales | Sail Across The Sky | Two Left Feet | Thunder River | Ning | Lazybones | Goats | The Toaster Song | Hello Hi Hey | Thingamajig | Jolly Yuletide | The Pliffploff | Bubbles | Distraction | Little Lions | The Little Green Owl | Pannas Owen | Seize The Day | Music in the Air | Pocket Hedgehogs | Dust | Lillilu | Lost in a Good Book | Quiet Please | Ffaldiral | Melting 😅 | That's When We'll Do That Thing | As Easy As | What Did I Come In Here For? | Upside Down | Thoir An Aire! | Ho Ha Hey

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