The Ukulele Songbook: Shanties & Songs of the Sea

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!

A super little bargain. Lot's of songs, ranging from well known to not-so-well known. Easy Uke chords for beginners and a chord chart at the back, as well as strumming and picking patterns. Perhaps the only quibble would be some of the mis-spelling of lyrics but that's a small thing over all.

Lots of songs, clearly written, easy to follow. Most importantly, they sound good.

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

Good product.

Excellent book simple arrangements for music with chords for guitar and uke

Good selection of songs set out well. I would have appreciated suggested strum patterns

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

Again, as I said with all the books in this series/publisher they are so well written for players to use of all levels. I often have to do my own tabs, but these books in this series has them already and they appear so far to be accurate. Chord diagrams are there to assist and the notes are written too, if you want to read music the standard way. This book is packed with lots of songs, so there has to be something for everyone here. Drawback is that you will need a clip to hold it open, or have it spiral bound or hole punched to get it the stay flat for reading and playing.

If you like shanties and ukulele, it's a must have.

Très bonne partition de musique pour ukulélés, de belles musiques, faciles à jouer. Bon rapport qualité prix livraison rapide merci amazon.

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I had this book recommended to me by someone in my ukulele class. It has been a good book to use because the print is a nice size and the chord markings are clear. Give this book a try. We have loved playing these songs together!