Oh me name is
MacNamara
I'm the
leader of the band
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
at funerals
We play
the March from Sau
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 lreland
is MacNamara's band
Right now we are rehearsin'
for a very swell affair
The annual celebration
All the gentry will be there
When General Grant
to lreland came
He took me by the hand
Says he
I never saw the likes
of MacNamara's 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 lreland
is MacNamara's band
Oh my name is
Uncle Julius
And from Sweden
I did come
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
That's Uncle Julius playing
with an lrish band
Oh I wear a bunch
of shamrocks
and a uniform of green
And I'm the funniest
lookin' Swede
that you have ever see
There's O'Brians O'Ryans
O'Sheehans and Meehans
They come from lreland
But by yimminy
I'm the only Swede
in MacNamara's 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 lreland
is MacNamara's band
That's MacNamara