Oh, me is MacNamara, I'm the leader of the band Although 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 play the March from
Oh, the drums go bang and the clang And the they blaze 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 for a very swell affair The annual celebration, all the will be there General Grant to Ireland came, he took me by the hand Says, "He ain't never saw the 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 Henessee tootles the flute And the is somethin' grand A credit to old Is MacNamara's
Oh, my name is Uncle Julius and from I did come To play with Band and beat the big bass drum And I march 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 funniest lookin' Swede that you have ever is O'Brians, O'Ryans, O'Sheehans and Meehans They from Ireland But, by yimminy, I'm the only in MacNamara's Band
Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals And the horns they blaze McCarthy pumps the old While I the pipes do
And Tennessee tootles the flute And the is somethin' grand A credit to old Is MacNamara's
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