George Formby - With My Little Ukulele In My Hand

[jamieellis1231]

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[TheGixernutter]

genius

[ChingWhonPow]

best thing to come out of wigan, apart from sam tomkins

[stickwagger]

On one recording he sings "playing with mi uke" as opposed to "playing on mi uke" in this more polite version. Good clean filth!

[ellie050394]

said, "Come inside and see your wife and child!"

My heart, it jumped with joy. I could see it was a boy for he had a ....ukulele in his hand!

All his songs are so freaking funny!!! I love how rude he is without actually being rude, if that makes sense!

[er10b]

@ellie050394 So do I - I laugh every time I hear this - today's teens who are crazy over JB are so missing out

[fergfighter]

Got here from skins :P

[BsJimmi]

its a banjo ??

[mkcwebmaster]

@BsJimmi - no, banjos are much bigger. It's a banjolele.

[sunnyflowernz]

I love george formby hes great

[hexag1]

Is he singing about his penis?

[mkcwebmaster]

@hexag1 - I think the innuendo is definitely there, yes.

[McPrfctday]

@hexag1 Formby's songs are awash with innuendo. Like "is he kissing her under the nose... or under the arch where the sweet william grows" :D

[whiskeyshan]

very unique for the time. Who else played the Ukulele in that style at the time? we're talking 1935 here. Very unique

[Quack4Zac]

@whiskeyshan

Actually, the banjo ukulele was very popular in that time period. but no one quite played the uke in the split stroke style that Formby pioneered

[livingsocks]

great song! Makes me wanna watch the whole movie.

[CEP00000]

i can play this on my ukulele too!!

[vrouwkje]

I'm not sure about it but built his father ukuleles by himself?

A great artist George Formby ! Like him very much.

[nekodaisy89]

:-) just adore him, his smile always brings a light to me :-) x

[00shawm]

I can always guarantee George will cheer me up!

[girochild]

That be a 'Banjolele'

[MinteyTom]

Isn't that more like a banjo.. ?

[mkcwebmaster]

Strictly speaking It's a banjolele (banjo-ukulele or ukulele-banjo) - a cross between a banjo and a ukulele. Basically it is a ukulele with the body of a banjo. It looks like a short armed banjo, but it's essentially a ukulele because it has 4 strings and is tuned and played like a ukulele rather than a banjo.

[karmicrevolutionary]

ahh..I feel much better...as always mr formby's magic is timeless and real

[petercnixon]

Interesting, I would say the uke solo is not dubbed on this - the perforance seems more real and unproduced than in later films. A great insight into his playing technique and a wonderful song :)

[cartoonfan1920s]

That's one of the reasons I have a soft spot for these early Mancunian movies, shame the dude cut off the great end title music of a swinging version of "Stick To Your Mother" a film-only George Formby song never issued on record!