The Ukulele Songbook: Shanties & Songs of the Sea
£6.60
The Ukulele Songbook
Shanties & Songs of the Sea
Far-away oceans, perilous storms, bold explorers, bloodthirsty pirates and treasures hidden on mysterious islands – but likewise the hopes and the fears of friends, lovers and families left back home on dry land – have made for fascinating and evocative stories since the day men caught a glimpse of the deep blue sea.
But there’s more to the ocean’s fascination than just stories and myths. It also spawned its very own kind of music: the Shanties – songs of the wind and the waves, of hard work on the seven seas, of romantic buccaneers and brutal skippers harrying their crews to the marrow.
In this book you’ll find a collection of shanties known and loved all over the world, arranged for easy Ukulele in standard C tuning (G-C-E-A). Of course, there’s „classics“ like Banks of Sacramento, Blow the man down or What shall we do with the drunken sailor, but you’ll also encounter some songs not as common and maybe some you might never have heard before.
All songs in musical notation with chord symbols plus melody TAB – you don’t have to read music to start playing right away!
Whether you want to pick the melody, strum the chords or just need the complete lyrics: you’ll find everything you need on these pages. And if you don’t know how to play a particular chord, don’t worry: each song features easy-to-read chord diagrams, too.
For reference, there’s a handy appendix listing all the chords used in this book plus a selection of easy strumming patterns you can use to accompany songs.
Songs
1. A drop of Nelson’s blood
2. All for me grog
3. A sailor and his true love
4. Banks of Sacramento
5. Banks of the Ohio
6. Blow the man down
7. Blow the wind southerly
8. Boney was a warrior
9. Boston harbor
10. (Bound for) South Australia
11. Bound for the Rio Grande
12. Bully in the alley
13. Cape Cod girls
14. Dundee whalers (Balena)
15. Essequibo river
16. Eternal Father, Strong to Save
17. Goodbye, fare thee well
18. Good night, ladies
19. Handsome Molly
20. Harbour Grace
21. Haul away, boys
22. Jack the Sailor (Jackie Monroe)
23. John Kanaka
24. Lowlands away
25. Maggie May
26. Miss Lucy Long
27. Molly Malone
28. My Bonnie lies over the ocean
29. New York girls
30. On board of the Kangaroo
31. Paddy lay back
32. Roll, Alabama, roll
33. Rowler Bowler
34. Rule, Britannia
35. Sailor on the deep blue sea
36. Santiana (Across the plains of Mexico)
37. Shenandoah
38. Spanish ladies
39. The bottle-o
40. The coast of High Barbaree
41. The dead horse
42. The flying dutchman
43. The Forsaken Mermaid
44. The Glendy Burk
45. The John B. sails
46. The mermaid
47. The Shanty Boy on the Big Eau Claire
48. What shall we do with the drunken sailor
49. Whip Jamboree
50. Whiskey Johnny
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Additional information
| Publisher | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (24 Jun. 2015) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 106 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 151464231X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1514642313 |
| Dimensions | 21.59 x 0.61 x 27.94 cm |
by Jon
So , I read music and I also play by tab and chord, all are covered in this book and very well presented, a bpm is the only missing thing but it’s not a deal breaker. A good selection of old songs and some new ones to try, in the back are some useful notes on different rhythms for strumming and finger picking as well as chord charts.
Great book for the price and I will look to get the blue grass book next
by Lifthrasir
This book is perfect for me. It has lots of great songs that are so accessible and can be embellished as much as your skill level allows. Using this book I have taught myself ukulele tablature and because it’s laid out alongside the sheet music I am beginning to learn standard musical notation. I usually record a rhythm track on my phone and then use it to help learn the memories. I’m totally hooked!
by Mr S.
It is difficult to find ‘songbooks’ which are any good. This book is good. It has good TAB to learn the melody, plus chords and lyrics. The lyrics ‘seem’ to be more American as the British versions of shanties that I know and have heard have some differences in lyrics. This isn’t a problem though as shanties don’t really have standard lyrics anyhow. There are chord diagrams, strumming patterns for each time signature (16 in total) and 29 suggested finger picking patterns listed in the back. 50 shanties for basically a fiver. All the favourites are there plus many others. there is no need for a CD or online links to hear the melodies, because they are easy to learn with the tab nds no one plays a shanty with the strict observance of classical music anyhow. Great buy and great fun
by Robert Leaver
A wide selection of sea shanties that are fairly easy to play. However the version of Molly Malone was not the version I know and had to rewrite!
by desmond finn
Cheaper than local music shop
by Robert Leaver
Reasonable range of songs, but I found it frustrating, and a bit careless, the lyrics could do with better editing, ‘Haul away’ is down as Pawl away and ‘to me’ is transcribed as Timmy? The oddest thing is why a book of British, Irish and American Sea shanties has a cover featuring stock photo’s of a German tall ship and crew?
by Mr S.
So I just love this book. Sure I don’t know many of them, but they are shanties and fun! The layout is perfect for a beginner too. Large print, chord shapes explained, all super friendly chords too. Plus the back of the book has a section on strum patterns so you choose what works. This is good actually as many books neglect this element which scares most people away from sheet music in favour of YouTube or tabs. Dive in!
by cjp1002
I have been getting into shanties for a while now after seeing the Fisherman’s Friends live and so was delighted to find this book. It contains the words, chords (including diagrams), top line of the musical score and ukulele tabs for the following songs:
A drop of Nelson’s blood
All for me grog
A sailor and his true love
Banks of Sacramento
Banks of the Ohio
Blow the man down
Blow the wind southerly
Boney was a warrior
Boston harbour
(Bound for) South Australia
Bound for the Rio Grande
Bully in the alley
Cape Cod girls
Dundee whalers (Balena)
Essequibo river
Eternal Father, Strong to Save
Goodbye, fare thee well
Good night, ladies
Handsome Molly
Harbour Grace
Haul away, boys
Jack the Sailor (Jackie Monroe)
John Kanaka
Lowlands away
Maggie May
Miss Lucy Long
Molly Malone
My Bonnie lies over the ocean
New York girls
On board of the Kangaroo
Paddy lay back
Roll, Alabama, roll
Rowler Bowler
Rule, Britannia
Sailor on the deep blue sea
Santiana (Across the plains of Mexico)
Shenandoah
Spanish ladies
The bottle-o
The coast of High Barbaree
The dead horse
The flying Dutchman
The Forsaken Mermaid
The Glendy Burk
The John B. sails
The mermaid
The Shanty Boy on the Big Eau Claire
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
Whip Jamboree
Whiskey Johnny
In addition it contains basic chord diagrams for the ukulele and strumming and picking patterns. Everything is laid out really clearly which helps when playing the songs. I thoroughly recommend this book!