Oh, me name is MacNamara, I'm the leader of the Although we're few in numbers, the finest in the land We play at and weddings and at every fancy ball And when we play the funerals, we play the March Saul
Oh, the drums go bang and the 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
now we are rehearsin' for a very swell affair The annual celebration, all the gentry will be When General Grant to came, he took me by the hand Says, "He ain't saw the likes of MacNamara's Band"
Oh, the drums go and the cymbals clang And the horns they blaze McCarthy pumps the old While I the do play
And Henessee tootles the flute And the music is grand A to old Ireland Is Band
Oh, my name is Uncle Julius and from Sweden I did To play with MacNamara's Band and beat the big drum And when I march along the street, the think I'm grand They shout, "There's Uncle Julius playin' with an band"
Oh, I a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green 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 only Swede in MacNamara's
Oh, the drums go bang and the clang And the horns they blaze McCarthy pumps the old While I the pipes do
And Henessee tootles the flute And the music is somethin' A credit to old Is Band
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