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 ball And when we play the funerals, we play the from Saul
Oh, the go bang and the cymbals clang And the they blaze away McCarthy pumps the old While I the do play
And Tennessee tootles the flute And the music is somethin' A to old Ireland Is Band
Right now we are rehearsin' for a very affair The annual celebration, all the will be there When General Grant to 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 clang And the horns they blaze McCarthy the old bassoon I the pipes do play
And Henessee Tennessee the flute And the music is somethin' A credit to old Is Band
Oh, my name is Uncle Julius and from I did come To play with Band and beat the big bass drum And when I along the street, the ladies think I'm grand They shout, "There's Uncle Julius playin' an Irish band"
Oh, I a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green And I'm the funniest lookin' Swede that you have seen is O'Brians, O'Ryans, O'Sheehans and Meehans They come from But, by yimminy, I'm the only Swede in MacNamara's
Oh, the drums go bang and the clang And the horns they blaze McCarthy the old bassoon While I the do play
And Henessee tootles the flute And the is somethin' grand A to old Ireland Is Band
MacNamara