McNamaras Band

McNamara's Band

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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 Saul

Chorus:

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 Hennessey Tennessee tootles the flute

And the music is something grand

A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band.

Chorus:

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."

Chorus

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

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

There's O'Briens and Ryans and Sheehans and Meehans, they come from Ireland,

But by yimminy, I'm the only Swede in MacNamara's band.

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