GEORGE FORMBY (1933): With My Little Ukelele in My Hand

[Damanik3]

I have a baritone

[panchopuskas1]

Bill Clinton's signature song.

[firglenchainsaws]

Fantastic to hear good old music hall filth on internet! George Formby was a legend.

[BOT101st]

One day i'm going to go to brighton and just walk around in a 30s fashioned suit with a little wooden ukulele in one hand and breifcase in the other :D

[004710]

@BOT101st yes i like this too,,,feeling i'm young again,,,its so good

[Dunkelberg]

Buster Keaton was no slouch with a ukulele either.

[tombland10]

it may sound sill but what is an innuendo ?

[Willtap]

George Formby was absolutely brilliant and entertained a nation, with his innuendo, which was, and still is excellent. I am amazed that no-one has has taken on the challenge of bringing this Great Man and his life story to film. Perhaps they can`t find anybody to replace him. That`s understandable. What a talent.

[FalconSupreme]

Thanks for posting this great song and nice footage from a 1930s U.S. film with Buster Keaton. Wonderful artist too. Buster never smiled in his films but wound up in all kinds of situations. (His most well known film was "The General" which portrayed him as a steam locomotive engineer and was set during the U.S. civil war).

[pw3djoeisback]

Wtf

[AntiGravDisclosure]

Are there any experts out there....I think there is something wrong with my ukelele - if i take it in hand , and polish it nice and hard, it turms into a double bass???

[markisonlin3]

skins series 4, JJ´s episode :)

[TheJosephhomere13]

@markisonlin3 yea i rember this from skins

[leoseries]

Joe Brown revived this in the so-called "Swinging Sixties" and the BBC banned it!

[crunterstamps]

The Ukulele always works for me with Horses.Honest!!They Love the Uke!!

[PotterNo1]

See folks, you don't need to sing about sex...a good old fashioned innuendo will do fine :D

[eire1984]

lol so true

[PressPlay2Go]

CLASS. Timeless. Both Keaton and Formby. Unforgettable and Hilarious. Thanks for posting this video and Merry Christmas.

[philipfishpond]

i used to have a big uke, it went out of tune and dropped off though.

[philipfishpond]

magic man.

[philsinatra]

Got a big ukulele meself!

[zebedy4512]

@philsinatra thats really compinsating for something

[Hemsy19]

I listen to death metal mainly but I'm loving George Formby today

[pw3djoeisback]

@Hemsy19 Lmao.

[manchesterkennybarto]

what a nice change from the kids r n b music !!

[VandalStork]

Don't slam classic Blues music, fella! Besides, I think Formby's as fun, enjoyable and inventive as Django or Big Bill Broonzy! If you mean MODERN Hip Hop, Rap and such, then yes...hands down...

[twold4this]

Brilliant, thanks for posting this. I kept my Ukelele in my hand all the way through the song...very enjoyabele, the song that is.

[Soi6Fan]

@twold4this

Look up innuendo and make sure you have your little stick of Blackpool rock in your hand.

Understand now?

[sikpuppy67]

look for julie nunes...

[funkeemunky]

I was actually just looking for a ukulele video - but I'm a HUUUUUGE Buster Keaton fan too. So this was just lucky for me. :)

[rictorn]

don't know which film its in but, watch all goerges films, all loverly seewt natured and funny, and the lyrics dirty as a your old mums coal scuttle, i think goerge would have liked that line, if your watchin the films start with tt races, its the funniest from meomory

[Petey1308]

Love the song :) Learning it at the moment.

Can anyone tell me what film this is in?

Thanks.

[holewisym]

It's "Steamboat Bill, Jr." by Buster Keaton in 1928

[scappleby]

Indeed it is. I'm not sure whether Buster was ever famous for his Uke skills though...

[funkeemunky]

he wasn't famous for his ukulele skills - but he still played the ukulele. Which is good enough for me!

[leoseries]

When Joe Brown recorded this song in the so-called "Swinging Sixties" The BBC banned it, even though he merely copied George's version word for word!

[ohnothimagen]

I remember Joe's version of that, brilliant. I think he changed one word, instead of saying he had his ukelele in his hand, I think he said a ukelele in his hand, I may be wrong. Even so it didn't please the stuffy BBC who also banned a Kinks song that had bum in it - oh the depravity.

[STILLAVRIL1]

Brilliant!

Loved the song and you matched the film beautifully.

Thanks

[FreakBeastie]

This song was once banned by the bbc!

[wardy4lyf]

i know because the bbc can't have fun and are all boring freaks

[Whoppet]

The film clip is Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill Jr. , a great old silent movie!

[HarborGuy]

George is "real George" as they used to say!!