Oh, me name is MacNamara, I'm the leader of the Although we're few in numbers, we're the finest in the We play at and weddings and at every fancy ball And when we the funerals, we play the March from Saul
Oh, the drums go bang and the clang And the horns they away McCarthy pumps the old While I the pipes do
And Henessee tootles the flute And the music is somethin' A to old Ireland Is Band
Right now we are rehearsin' for a very swell The celebration, all the gentry will be there When General to Ireland came, he took me by the hand Says, "He ain't saw the likes of MacNamara's 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 tootles the flute And the is somethin' grand A credit to old Is Band
Oh, my is Uncle Julius and from Sweden I did come To play with MacNamara's Band and beat the big bass And when I march along the street, the ladies think I'm shout, "There's Uncle Julius playin' with an Irish band"
Oh, I wear a bunch of shamrocks and a of green And I'm the funniest lookin' Swede you have ever seen There is O'Brians, O'Ryans, O'Sheehans and They come Ireland But, by yimminy, I'm the only Swede in MacNamara's
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 the flute And the music is grand A to old Ireland Is Band
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