Oh, me is MacNamara, I'm the leader of the band Although we're few in numbers, we're the finest in the We play at wakes and weddings and at fancy ball And when we the funerals, we play the March from Saul
Oh, the drums go bang and the clang And the horns blaze away pumps 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
Right now we are rehearsin' for a very affair The celebration, all the gentry will be there When General Grant to Ireland came, he took me by the Says, "He ain't never saw the of MacNamara's Band"
Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals And the they blaze away pumps 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 and from Sweden I did come To play with MacNamara's 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 bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of And I'm the funniest lookin' that you have ever seen There is O'Brians, O'Ryans, O'Sheehans and They from Ireland But, by yimminy, I'm the Swede in MacNamara's Band
Oh, the drums go bang and the clang And the horns they away McCarthy pumps the old While I the pipes do
And Henessee Tennessee tootles the And the music is somethin' A credit to old Is Band
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