Oh, me name is MacNamara, I'm the of the band we're few in numbers, we're the finest in the land We play at wakes and weddings and at every fancy And when we play the funerals, we the March from Saul
Oh, the drums go bang and the clang And the they blaze away McCarthy pumps the old While I the pipes do
And Tennessee tootles the flute And the music is somethin' A credit to old Is Band
Right now we are rehearsin' for a swell affair The annual celebration, all the gentry be there When General to Ireland came, he took me by the hand Says, "He ain't never saw the of MacNamara's Band"
Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals And the they blaze away McCarthy the old bassoon While I the pipes do
And Henessee Tennessee tootles the And the music is somethin' A credit to old Is MacNamara's
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 along the street, the ladies think I'm grand shout, "There's Uncle Julius playin' with an Irish band"
Oh, I wear a of shamrocks and a uniform of green And I'm the lookin' Swede that you have ever seen There is O'Brians, O'Ryans, and Meehans They come from But, by yimminy, I'm the only in MacNamara's Band
Oh, the go bang and the cymbals clang And the they blaze away pumps the old bassoon While I the pipes do
And Tennessee tootles the flute And the music is grand A credit to old Is MacNamara's
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