Song Help Request 1940's sheet music needed please

docryf · Jan 3, 2013

I possibly have a gig next August as a 1940's comedian, Max Miller inuendo style.
I had a clearout earlier 2012 and threw away a load of music inherited from my mum's house. 'Never need that thought I'

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Anyway, I'm in need of some sheet music, with GCEA uke chords, from the 1940's, WWII, era.
Preferably funny but also sentimental.

All help gratefully received and thanks in advance.

Docryf

itsme · Jan 3, 2013

ianchadwick has a lot of old stuff for sale that he's collected and made available as a disc.

The Daily Uke volumes have some old stuff.

Otherwise, I'd say just google it for specific songs.

docryf · Jan 3, 2013

Thanks for that, some useful sources there. Most of those are American 20's - 30's and that's mainly what I come up with when I google it.
What I'm after is UK wartime songs. I want to avoid the obvious of George Formby because there's already a Formby impersonator who attends the function.

I started Uke last year but never really played it much because of work commitments. Now I'm semi-retired so I want to give more time to it, hence back active on this forum.
I will order that songbook anyway.
Having said that, I think I've just found a source in the Tony Shuker music collection.

KoaDependent · Jan 3, 2013

Dr. Uke and UkesterBrown have tons of songsheets from that era:
Dr. Uke: http://www.doctoruke.com/songs.html
UkesterBrown: http://www.ukesterbrown.com/song-sheets.html

Harold O. · Jan 3, 2013

Ian Chadwick: http://www.vintageukemusic.com/

Or here: http://www.kristinhall.org/songbook/Songbook.html#indexstart

ukuLily Mars · Jan 3, 2013

Worthing Ukulele Jam has a songbook called "Hits of the Blitz." It has some good WWII songs. They're here: http://wukulele.com/

You should also check out Dr. Uke; he has lots of old songs, many from that era. http://www.doctoruke.com/songs.html

TG&Y · Jan 3, 2013

Good songbooks on wukulele! I visit Dr. Uke but had never run across wukulele.com. Thanks for the link.

ukuLily Mars said:
Worthing Ukulele Jam has a songbook called "Hits of the Blitz." It has some good WWII songs. They're here: http://wukulele.com/

You should also check out Dr. Uke; he has lots of old songs, many from that era. http://www.doctoruke.com/songs.html

docryf · Jan 3, 2013

ukuLily Mars said:
Worthing Ukulele Jam has a songbook called "Hits of the Blitz." It has some good WWII songs. They're here: http://wukulele.com/

You should also check out Dr. Uke; he has lots of old songs, many from that era. http://www.doctoruke.com/songs.html

The 'Blitz' songbook is great thanks. I didn't know about that site. I've managed to source a Max Miller songbook which should be with me in a few days so I'd better get rehearsing.
Thanks everyone.

ichadwick · Jan 6, 2013

Drop me an email or a PM with your email address and I'll send your the spreadsheet with all the tunes in the DVD collection. There are about 8,000 or so, mostly from 1924-36, but many from the 40s as well.

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