Oh, me name is MacNamara, I'm the of the band Although we're few in numbers, we're the in the land We play at wakes and weddings and at every fancy And we play the funerals, we play the March from Saul
Oh, the drums go bang and the clang And the horns blaze away pumps the old bassoon While I the pipes do
And Henessee tootles the flute And the music is somethin' A credit to old Is MacNamara's
Right now we are rehearsin' for a very affair The annual celebration, all the gentry be there General Grant to Ireland came, he took me by the hand Says, "He never saw the likes of MacNamara's Band"
Oh, the drums go and the cymbals clang And the horns they blaze McCarthy pumps the old I the pipes do play
And Henessee Tennessee the flute And the is somethin' grand A credit to old Is MacNamara's
Oh, my name is Uncle Julius and from I did come To play with MacNamara's Band and beat the big bass And when I march along the street, the think I'm grand shout, "There's Uncle Julius playin' with an Irish band"
Oh, I wear a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of And I'm the funniest Swede that you have ever seen There is O'Brians, O'Ryans, and Meehans They come from But, by yimminy, I'm the Swede in MacNamara's Band
Oh, the go bang and the cymbals clang And the horns they blaze pumps the old bassoon While I the pipes do
And Henessee Tennessee tootles the And the is somethin' grand A credit to old Is Band
MacNamara