Song :
A
Eb Bb7 Eb
Now everybody's got a crazy notion of their own
Ab Eb F7 Bb7
Some like to mix up with a crowd, some like to be alone
Ab Eb
It's no one else's business, as far as I can see
F7 Bb7
But every time that I go out the people stare at me
Eb
With my little ukulele in me hand
Ab Eb
Of course the people do not understand
Bb7
Some say, 'Why don't you be a scamp?
Eb
Why don't you read a book?'
F7
But I get lots more pleasure
Bb7
when I'm playing with me uke!
Eb G7 Cm Eb7
Of course I take no notice you can tell
Ab Bb7
For mother's sound advice will always stand
Eb G7
She said 'My boy do as I say
C7 Fm
And you'll never go astray
Bb7 Eb Bb7 Eb
If you keep your ukulele in your hand
G7 C7
Yes son!
F7 Bb7 Eb
Keep your ukulele in your hand
Eb Bb7 Eb
While walking on the prom one night as peaceful as can be
Ab
When some young girl said,
Eb F7 Bb7
"What about a walk down by the sea?"
Ab
She said her name was Jen
Eb
and that she'd just come for the day,
F7 Bb7
She looked so young and harmless that I couldn't turn away.
Eb
So with my little ukulele in my hand
Ab Eb
Me and Jen we walked along the sand
Bb7 Eb
We walked along for miles without a single care or frown,
F7
But when we reached the sand dunes,
Bb7
she said, "Come on let's sit down."
Eb G7 Cm Eb7
I felt so shy and bashful sitting there
Ab Bb7
Cause the things she said I didn't understand
Eb G7
She said, "Your love just makes me dizzy
C7 Fm
Come on big boy get busy!"
F7 Bb7 Eb
But I kept a ukulele in my hand
G7 C7
Yes sir!
F7 Bb7 Eb
I kept my ukulele in my hand!
Eb Bb7 Eb
Made up my mind that I'd get wed some eighteen months ago,
Ab Eb F7 Bb7
I also bought a book about the things a boy should know.
Ab Eb
But just about a week ago I had an awful fright,
F7 Bb7
I had to get dressed quickly in the middle of the night.
Eb
And with my little ukulele in my hand,
Ab Eb
I went running down the street to Doctor Brand.
Bb7 Eb
It didn't take him long to get his little bag of tools
F7 Bb7
I held his hat and coat and let him have me book of rules
Eb G7 Cm Eb7
Out the bedroom door he looked and smiled
Ab Bb7
He said, "Come inside and see your wife and child!"
Eb G7
My heart it filled with joy
C7 Fm
I could see it was a boy
F7 Bb7 Eb
For he had a ukulele in his hand
G7 C7
Oh Baby!
F7 Bb7 Eb
He had a ukulele in his hand!
