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 and the cymbals clang And the horns they away McCarthy pumps the old I the pipes do play
And Tennessee tootles the flute And the music is grand A to old Ireland Is Band
Right now we are rehearsin' for a 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 bang and the cymbals And the horns they blaze pumps the old bassoon While I the pipes do
And Tennessee tootles the flute And the music is grand A to old Ireland Is MacNamara's
Oh, my name is Uncle Julius and from Sweden I did To play with Band and beat the big bass drum And when I march the street, the ladies think I'm grand They shout, "There's Uncle playin' with an Irish band"
Oh, I wear a bunch of and a uniform of green And I'm the funniest Swede that you have ever seen 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 go bang and the cymbals clang And the horns they away McCarthy pumps the old I the pipes do play
And Henessee Tennessee the flute And the music is grand A to old Ireland Is Band
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