Oh, me name is MacNamara, I'm the of the band Although we're few in numbers, we're the finest in the We play at wakes and weddings and at every fancy And when we play the funerals, we play the from Saul
Oh, the drums go bang and the clang And the horns they blaze McCarthy pumps the old While I the do play
And Henessee tootles the flute And the music is somethin' A to old Ireland Is MacNamara's
now we are rehearsin' for a very swell affair The celebration, all the gentry will be there When General Grant to came, he took me by the hand Says, "He ain't never saw the of MacNamara's Band"
Oh, the go bang and the cymbals clang And the they blaze away McCarthy the old bassoon I the pipes do play
And Henessee tootles the flute And the music is grand A credit to old Is MacNamara's
Oh, my name is Julius and from Sweden I did come To play with MacNamara's Band and beat the big bass And when I march the street, the ladies think I'm grand They shout, "There's Uncle playin' with an Irish band"
Oh, I wear a of shamrocks and a uniform of green And I'm the funniest lookin' that you have ever seen There is O'Brians, O'Ryans, O'Sheehans and They come from But, by yimminy, I'm the Swede in MacNamara's Band
Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals And the they blaze away pumps the old bassoon While I the pipes do
And Tennessee tootles the flute And the music is grand A to old Ireland Is Band
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