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George Formby - With My Little Ukulele In My Hand

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Uploaded by on Aug 17, 2008

From the film "Off the Dole" (1935) starring George Formby with Beryl Formby. Composed by Jack Cottrell.

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  • its a banjo ??

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

  • Is he singing about his penis?

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

  • Isn't that more like a banjo.. ?

  • 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.

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

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  • @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

  • Formby fans follow the forum on twitter for news and updates @FormbyFansForum tweet us :)

  • genius

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

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

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

  • 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!

  • Got here from skins :P

  • @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

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