Hello! Ma Baby (with verses) Ukulele UkesterBrown

Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone on January 30, 1877, and this song was written 12 years later in 1899, by Ida Emerson and Joseph E. Howard. The telephone was a quickly accepted technology and at the time this song was written there were 1200 telephone girls at the switches in New York City alone.
This song may be the first song about on-line dating! The singer has never met the girl, but has talked to her and as their relationship grows, she finally allows him to call her by her first name. Protocol would have called for addressing her as "Miss _____,", until they became more "intimate" with each other.

Hundreds of people have covered this song.
Probably the first recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOo-zKk0x4Q

Maybe where I first heard it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uZbq8z9vOk

Probably my favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU1MAokrrUk

To the best of my knowledge this song is in public domain and there is a free song practice sheet at ukesterbrown.com for your enjoyment and education.

Mouth Trumpet by Doc Severe's son.

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[mikadaviddd]

This demands a tutorial ! :D PLEASE?

[UkesterBrown]

@mikadaviddd Thanks for the comments- maybe somewhere in the future. The key is to make the song your own....

[confedswede]

my feet havent tapped along this happily since someone decided to cover Paradise City with bluegrass youtube.com/watch?v=rXJrVsq4aV­U

[UkesterBrown]

@confedswede Thanks- I appreciate the comments!

[jennifera11en]

Well done, David! Forget cow bell. We need more mouth trumpet! ;-)

Jennifer

[UkesterBrown]

@jennifera11en Thanks Jennifer!

[gracebaileyfan]

Awesomeness! Love it!

[tuiiiiiii]

süüüüüüß :-D

[mikadaviddd]

@UkesterBrown I actually figured out how :D hahaha thanks anyway

[UkesterBrown]

@ukedaman Thanks!