MacNamara's+Band

__ 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 ev’ry fancy ball, and when we play to 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 bazoon while I the pipes do play;// //And Hennessey Tennessee tootles the flute, and the music is somethin’ 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.” //Chorus//

Oh! My name is Uncle Yulius and from Sweden I have 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 Yulius playing with an Irish band!” //Chorus//

Oh! I wear a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green, and I’m the funniest looking 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. //Chorus//

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