MacNamara's+Band

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Although we're few in numbers, we're the finest in the land We play at wakes and weddings and at every fancy ball And when we play to funerals, we play the March from Saul
 * 1. ** Oh, me name is MacNamara, I'm the leader of the band

Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do play And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is somethin' grand A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band!

The annual celebration, all the gentry will be there When General Grant to Ireland came he took me by the hand Says he, “ I never saw the likes of MacNamara's Band !"
 * 2. ** Right now we are rehearsin' for a very swell affair

Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do play And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is somethin' grand

A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band

To play with MacNamara's Band and beat the big bass drum And when I march along the street the ladies think I'm grand They shout, “There's Uncle Julius playin' with an Irish band!"
 * 3. ** Oh, my name is Uncle Julius and from Sweden I have come

Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do play And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is somethin' grand

A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band!

And I'm the funniest lookin' Swede that you have ever seen There’s O'Brians and Ryans and Sheehans and Meehans, they come from Ireland But, by yimminy, I'm the only Swede in MacNamara's Band!
 * 4. ** Oh, I wear a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green

Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do play And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is somethin' grand

A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band!