MacNamara's Band

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 the funerals, we play the March from Saul

(Oh, the drums go band and the cymbals clang)

(The horns, they blaze away)

(McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes to play)

(And Hennessy Tennessee tootles the flute)

(And the music is something grand)

(A credit to old Ireland 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 Ireland came he took me by the hand

Says he, "I never saw the likes of MacNamara's band"

(Oh, the drums go band and the cymbals clang)

(And the horns, they blaze away)

(McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes to play)

(And Hennessy Tennessee tootles the flute)

(And the music is something grand)

(A credit to old Ireland 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, "There's Uncle Julius playing and with an Irish band"

Oh, I wear a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green

And I'm the funniest lookin'Swede that you have ever seen

There is O'Briens, O'Ryans, O'Sheehans, and Meehans

They come from Ireland

But by jimminy I'm the only Swede in MacNamara's band

Oh, the drums go band and the cymbals clang

And the horns, they blaze away

McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes to play

And Hennessy Tennessee tootles the flute

And the music is something grand

A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band

That's MacNamara