Song 9 in Ukulele for Beginners
Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me
Also known as: Shew! Fly, Don't Bother Me
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Ukulele
For Ukulele for Beginners.
Slow (70% speed) (0:56)
Learn with this one first.
Normal speed (0:40)
The speed printed on the page.
Play-along (0:40)
Just the accompaniment, no tune: you play or sing the melody.
All the words
I feel, I feel, I feel,
I feel like a morning star.
I feel, I feel, I feel,
I feel like a morning star.
Shoo fly don't bother me.
Shoo fly, don't bother me,
Shoo fly, don't bother me,
I belong to the Company G.
About this song
- Music
- Frank Campbell (melody), arr. Rollin Howard (c. 1840–1879); also claimed by T. Brigham Bishop (1835–1905)
- Words
- Billy Reeves (credited, 1869); text as printed by Michael Bernard Buckley, 1889
- First published
- 1869 (White, Smith & Perry, Boston)
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.