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 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 something grand A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band
Right now we are rehearsing 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 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 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 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'Brians, O'Ryans, O'Sheehans and Meehans, they come from Ireland But, by yimminy, the I'm 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 something grand A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band
That's MacNamara
[00:07.86]Oh, me name is MacNamara, [00:10.00]I'm the leader of the band [00:12.12]Although we're few in numbers, [00:13.69]we're the finest in the land [00:15.75]We play at wakes and weddings [00:17.06]and at every fancy ball [00:19.12]And when we play the funerals, [00:20.81]we play the March from Saul [00:23.09]Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang [00:25.04]and the horns they blaze away [00:26.47]McCarthy pumps the old bassoon [00:28.72]while I the pipes do play [00:30.47]And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute [00:32.17]and the music is something grand [00:34.11]A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band [00:37.76] [00:52.53]Right now we are rehearsing [00:54.28]for a very swell affair [00:56.41]The annual celebration, [00:57.54]all the gentry will be there [00:59.79]When General Grant [01:00.85]to Ireland came he took me by the hand [01:03.61]Says he, [01:04.39]I never saw the likes of MacNamara's Band [01:07.14]Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang [01:09.39]and the horns they blaze away [01:11.24]McCarthy pumps the old bassoon [01:13.05]while I the pipes do play [01:14.92]And Henessee Tennessee tootles [01:16.18]the flute and the music is something grand [01:18.62]A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band [01:22.24] [01:36.86]Oh, my name is Uncle Julius [01:38.62]and from Sweden I did come [01:40.93]To play with MacNamara's Band [01:42.62]and beat the big bass drum [01:44.65]And when I march along the street [01:46.53]the ladies think I'm grand [01:48.28]They shout, [01:48.53]There's Uncle Julius playing with an Irish band! [01:51.72]Oh, I wear a bunch of shamrocks [01:53.54]and a uniform of green [01:55.54]And I'm the funniest lookin' Swede [01:57.41]that you have ever seen [01:59.03]There is O'Brians, O'Ryans, O'Sheehans and Meehans, [02:01.29]they come from Ireland [02:02.98]But, by yimminy, [02:03.91]the I'm only Swede in MacNamara's Band [02:06.44]Oh, the drums go bang and [02:08.07]the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away [02:10.76]McCarthy pumps the old bassoon [02:12.20]while I the pipes do play [02:14.26]And Henessee Tennessee tootles [02:15.70]the flute and the music is something grand [02:18.07]A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band [02:21.83] [02:35.30]That's MacNamara