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