Oh, me is MacNamara, I'm the leader of the band we're few in numbers, we're the finest in the land We play at wakes and 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 they away pumps the old bassoon While I the do play
And Tennessee tootles the flute And the is somethin' grand A to old Ireland Is Band
now we are rehearsin' for a very swell affair The celebration, all the gentry will be there When General Grant to Ireland came, he me by the hand Says, "He never saw the likes of MacNamara's Band"
Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals And the horns they away McCarthy the old bassoon While I the do play
And Henessee Tennessee the flute And the music is grand A credit to old Is Band
Oh, my name is Uncle Julius and Sweden 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 They shout, "There's Uncle Julius playin' with an band"
Oh, I wear a bunch of and a uniform of green And I'm the funniest lookin' Swede you have ever seen There is O'Brians, O'Ryans, and Meehans come from Ireland But, by yimminy, I'm the only Swede in Band
Oh, the go bang and the cymbals clang And the horns they blaze McCarthy the old bassoon While I the do play
And Henessee Tennessee the flute And the music is somethin' A to old Ireland Is MacNamara's
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