Oh, me name is MacNamara, I'm the of the band 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 play the funerals, we play the from Saul
Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals And the they blaze away McCarthy pumps the old While I the pipes do
And Henessee Tennessee tootles the And the is somethin' grand A credit to old Is MacNamara's
Right now we are rehearsin' for a very affair The annual celebration, all the will be there When General Grant to Ireland came, he took me by the Says, "He ain't never saw the likes of Band"
Oh, the drums go bang and the clang And the horns they blaze McCarthy pumps the old While I the pipes do
And Henessee Tennessee tootles the And the is somethin' grand A credit to old Is Band
Oh, my name is Uncle Julius and from Sweden I did To with MacNamara's 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 a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green And I'm the lookin' Swede that you have ever seen There is O'Brians, O'Ryans, O'Sheehans and come from Ireland But, by yimminy, I'm the only Swede in MacNamara's
Oh, the go bang and the cymbals clang And the horns blaze away pumps the old bassoon While I the pipes do
And Tennessee tootles the flute And the music is somethin' A to old Ireland Is Band
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