Oh, me is MacNamara, I'm the leader of the band Although we're few in numbers, the finest in the land We play at wakes and and at every fancy ball And when we play the funerals, we the March from Saul
Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals And the horns they away pumps the old bassoon While I the do play
And Tennessee tootles the flute And the is somethin' grand A credit to old Is Band
Right now we are rehearsin' for a very swell The annual celebration, all the will 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 away McCarthy the old bassoon While I the pipes do
And Tennessee tootles the flute And the is somethin' grand A credit to old Is Band
Oh, my name is Uncle Julius and from I did come To play MacNamara's Band and beat the big bass drum And when I march the street, the ladies 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 lookin' Swede that you have ever seen There is O'Brians, O'Ryans, and Meehans They from Ireland But, by yimminy, I'm the only in MacNamara's Band
Oh, the go bang and the cymbals clang And the horns they away McCarthy the old bassoon I the pipes do play
And Henessee Tennessee the flute And the music is somethin' A to old Ireland Is Band
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