Ukuleleitis 1926

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 April 2012
2012

Something's very wrong with us
there isn't any doubt
I don't mean sciatica or old man's gout,
It's an epidemic that has got us in its grip
and what the epidemic is, well take my tip.

It's uke uke ukuleleitis
that is what we suffer with today.
Uke uke ukuleleitis
ev'rybody's got the ukulay.
No need to go and ask the doctor
what is wrong with you?
He's got ukuleleitis
I've got ukuleleitis
you've got ukuleleitis too.

It's uke uke ukuleleitis
that is what we suffer with today.
Uke uke ukuleleitis
ev'rybody's got the ukulay.
No need to go and ask the doctor
what is wrong with you?
He's got ukuleleitis
I've got ukuleleitis
you've got ukuleleitis too.

Casey went a christening
his twenty seventh child,
The parson said to Casey
"Why do you look wild?"
Casey said: "Your Honor,
sure I've tried to call a halt."
The Parson shook his head and said:
It's not your fault!"

It's uke uke ukuleleitis
that is what we suffer with today.
Uke uke ukuleleitis
ev'rybody's got the ukulay.
No need to go and ask the doctor
what is wrong with you?
He's got ukuleleitis
I've got ukuleleitis
you've got ukuleleitis too.

It's uke uke ukuleleitis
that is what we suffer with today.
Uke uke ukuleleitis
ev'rybody's got the ukulay.
No need to go and ask the doctor
what is wrong with you?
He's got ukuleleitis
I've got ukuleleitis
you've got ukuleleitis too.

Two old racing horses
in their stall began to talk,
One said to the other
"I can hardly walk."
The other said "I've got a bunch
of corns upon my feet.
But it's not the twoyearuns
that have got us beat,

It's uke uke ukuleleitis
that is what we suffer with today.
Uke uke ukuleleitis
ev'rybody's got the ukulay.
No need to go and ask the doctor
what is wrong with you?
He's got ukuleleitis
I've got ukuleleitis
you've got ukuleleitis too.

It's uke uke ukuleleitis
that is what we suffer with today.
Uke uke ukuleleitis
ev'rybody's got the ukulay.
No need to go and ask the doctor
what is wrong with you?
He's got ukuleleitis
I've got ukuleleitis
you've got ukuleleitis too.

Billy on his ukulele
serenaded Rose,
Her Father caught him unawares
and broke his nose.
When they extricated Billy
from his ukulay,
Rosie said: "Before you go
I want to say."

It's uke uke ukuleleitis
that is what we suffer with today.
Uke uke ukuleleitis
ev'rybody's got the ukulay.
No need to go and ask the doctor
what is wrong with you?
He's got ukuleleitis
I've got ukuleleitis
you've got ukuleleitis too.

It's uke uke ukuleleitis
that is what we suffer with today.
Uke uke ukuleleitis
ev'rybody's got the ukulay.
No need to go and ask the doctor
what is wrong with you?
He's got ukuleleitis
I've got ukuleleitis
you've got ukuleleitis too.

Nelson on his column
he was looking very blue,
Murmured to himself:
"What has the world come to,
There used to be a bunch of fruit
in everybody's hand
Now I never see bananas
down The Strand.

It's uke uke ukuleleitis
that is what we suffer with today.
Uke uke ukuleleitis
ev'rybody's got the ukulay.
No need to go and ask the doctor
what is wrong with you?
He's got ukuleleitis
I've got ukuleleitis
you've got ukuleleitis too.

It's uke uke ukuleleitis
that is what we suffer with today.
Uke uke ukuleleitis
ev'rybody's got the ukulay.
No need to go and ask the doctor
what is wrong with you?
He's got ukuleleitis
I've got ukuleleitis
you've got ukuleleitis too.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ukuleleitis 1926
by Herbert Rule & Thomas McGhee
© MCMXXVI by The Lawrence Wright Music Co. London WC2
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Comedy Song Fox Trot
sung by Iris and Phyllis in "On With The Show"
at North Pier, Blackpool
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 26 April 2012 at 16.34
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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