Oh, me is MacNamara, I'm the leader of the band we're few in numbers, we're the finest in the land We play at wakes and weddings and at fancy ball And when we the funerals, we play the March from Saul
Oh, the drums go and the cymbals clang And the horns blaze away pumps the old bassoon While I the do play
And Henessee Tennessee the flute And the is somethin' grand A credit to old Is MacNamara's
Right now we are rehearsin' for a swell affair The annual celebration, all the gentry will be General Grant to Ireland 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 horns they away McCarthy pumps the old While I the pipes do
And Tennessee tootles the flute And the music is grand A credit to old Is Band
Oh, my name is Uncle and from Sweden I did come To play with MacNamara's Band and the big bass drum And when I along the street, the ladies think I'm grand They shout, "There's Julius playin' with an Irish band"
Oh, I wear a bunch of and a uniform of green And I'm the funniest lookin' Swede that you ever seen There is O'Brians, O'Ryans, and Meehans They come from But, by yimminy, I'm the only Swede in Band
Oh, the drums go bang and the clang And the they blaze away pumps the old bassoon While I the do play
And Henessee Tennessee the flute And the music is grand A credit to old Is Band
That's