UKELELE LADY
(Gus Kahn / Richard Whiting)


Vaughn Deleath - 1925
Frank Crumit - 1925
Paul Whiteman & His Orch. - 1925
Arlo Guthrie - 1972
Bette Midler - 1998
Victoria Vox - 2006

Also recorded by: 
Victoria Jackson; Peter Sellers; Ethel Merman; Lee Morse;                        
Children's Juggernaut Jug Band; Jim Kweskin & His Jug Band; 
A.P. Sharpe & His Honolulu Hawaiians; The Temperance Seven; 
Spats Langham; Duke Kamuju & His Islanders..... and others.




I saw the splendour of the moonlight
On Honolulu Bay
There's something tender in the moonlight
On Honolulu Bay

And all the beaches are filled with peaches
Who bring their ukes along
And in the glimmer of the moonlight
They love to sing this song

1:
If you like Ukulele Lady
Ukulele Lady like a'you
If you like to linger where it's shady
Ukulele Lady linger too

If you kiss Ukulele Lady
While you promise ever to be true
And she sees another Ukulele
Lady foolin' 'round with you

2:
Maybe she'll sigh (an awful lot)
Maybe she'll cry (and maybe not)
Maybe she'll find somebody else
By and by

To sing to when it's cool and shady
Where the tricky wicky wacky woo
If you like Ukulele Lady
Ukulele Lady like a'you

She used to sing to me by moonlight
On Honolulu Bay
Fond memories cling to me by moonlight
Although I'm far away

Some day I'm going, where eyes are glowing
And lips are made to kiss
To see somebody in the moonlight
And hear the song I miss

If you like Ukulele Lady
Ukulele Lady like a'you
If you like to linger where it's shady
Ukulele Lady linger too

If you kiss Ukulele Lady
While you promise ever to be true
And she sees another Ukulele
Lady foolin' 'round with you.

Maybe she'll sigh (an awful lot)
Maybe she'll cry (and maybe not)
Maybe she'll find somebody else
By and by

To sing to when it's cool and shady
Where the tricky wicky wacky woo
If you like Ukulele Lady
Ukulele Lady like a'you


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As recorded by BETTE MIDLER:


I saw the splendour of the moonlight
On Honolulu Bay
There's something tender in the moonlight
On Honolulu Bay

And all the beaches are filled with peaches
Who bring their ukes along
And in the glimmer of the moonlight
They love to sing this song

If you like Ukulele Lady
Ukulele Lady like a'you
If you wanna linger where it's shady
Ukulele Lady linger too

If you kiss Ukulele Lady
While you promise ever to be true
And she see another Ukulele
Lady fool around with you

Maybe she'll sigh
Maybe she'll cry
Maybe she'll find somebody else
By and by

To sing to when it's cool and shady
Where the tricky wicky wackers woo
If you like Ukulele Lady
Ukulele Lady like a'you

(Instrumental Break)

Some day I'm going where eyes are glowing
And lips were made to kiss
To see somebody in the moonlight
And hear the songs I miss

If you like Ukulele Lady
Ukulele Lady like a'you-you-you
If you want to linger where it's shady
Ukulele Lady linger too

If you kiss Ukulele Lady
While you promise ever to be true-true-true
And she see another ukulele
Lady fool around with you

Well, maybe she will sigh
Maybe she will cry
Ah, but maybe she will find somebody else
By and by

To sing to when it's cool and shady
Where the tricky wicky wackers woo-woo-woo
If you like Ukulele Lady
Ukulele Lady like a'you, like a'me, like I like a'you
And we like a'both the same
I like to say this very day
Ukelele lady like a'yo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ooh


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - Nov 2008)


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UKELELE LADY 


as recorded by Lee Morse & her Blue Grass Boys 
May 1925 
New York


I saw the splendour of the moonlight
On Honolulu bay;
There's something tender in the moonlight
On Honolulu bay!

And all the beaches are full of peaches
Who bring their ukes along,
And in the glimmer of the moonlight,
They love to sing this song;

If you like a ukelele lady,
Ukelele lady like-a you!
You like to linger where it's shady,
A ukelele lady linger too.

If you kiss a ukelele lady,
While you promise ever to be true,
And she sees another ukelele
Lady fool around with you!

Maybe she'll sigh,
Maybe she'll cry,
Maybe she'll find someone else,
By and by!

To sing to when it's cool and shady,
Where the wicky wackies woo,
If you like a ukelele lady,
A ukelele lady like-a you!

A ukelele lady don't know how to bake a cake,
A ukelele lady don't know how to make a cake,
But in the moonlight every night, she gives the boys a break,
When she plays the ukelele and she does a wicked shake!

(yodelling)

To sing to when it's cool and shady,
Where the wicky wackies woo,
If you like a ukelele lady,
A ukelele lady like-a you-hoo!



(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2013)