11 Jun 09 47 Ginger Headed Sailors

Im a big Jeeves and Wooster fan. Both of the books and the 1990′s TV show. Whoever came up with the idea of casting Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie as the two main characters deserves a knighthood and a Nobel Peace Prize at the very very least. Mrs Zym and I were watching an old DVD of it the other night and there was song featured called ’47 Ginger Headed Sailors’ – and much to my amazement, its a genuine song!

Something that many people dont realise is that back in the 20s, 30s, & 40,s the ukulele was incredible popular and most of the sheet music available at the time included ukulele chords along with the music notation. It would appear that our fine Australian cousins have an archive of old (mainly pre-1930s) sheet music available to buy or download for over at The National Library of Australia

Click the fantastic cover to be transported back in time