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    Default What songs would be GREAT on ukulele?

    I'm working on a song list for a segment in a corporate holiday party.
    Audience will likely include folks ranging in age from Baby Boom to Gen X.
    Format is to have maybe three songs, then a hula dance, then one final song.
    Thoughts include: sing-a-long numbers, G- or PG-rated humor and nothing seriously melancholy.
    And I don't want to do traditional Hawaiian songs ... rather play up the fun/humor aspects. (Tiny cowboy hats if we do a Country-Western number, dark shades if we go Blues Brothers, etc.)
    What say?? Any other ukulele wannabes out there in bowling land?

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    I think "May The Bird Of Paradise" by Little Jimmy Dickens would be funny.
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    @ TRex .. Yikes!
    @ Mayor .. HA! I remember that song. Good notion.

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    How about John Prine's " Let's Talk Dirty in Hawian "
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    !!! Wow.

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    Jump by Van Halen!!
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    NOW you're getting it. I've been checking out YouTube vids of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain -- great stuff!

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    There's this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snPQ1z5FoqQ He's really good. John Prine is going to appear in our area and I'm really tempted to go. I have the clear green 45 of "Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian."

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    This song was really played on an Hawaiian ukulele by IZ, an Hawaiian native. Went platinum after his death. This song is awesome, it is a medley of two very well known songs. JUST AWESOME.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5JicO2bKec

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