Oh, me name is MacNamara, I'm the leader of the band
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Although we're few in numbers, we're the finest in the land
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We play at wakes and weddings and at every fancy ball
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And when we play the funerals, we play the March from Saul
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Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away
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McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do play
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And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is somethin' grand
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A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band
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Right now we are rehearsin' for a very swell affair
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The annual celebration, all the gentry will be there
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When General Grant to Ireland came he took me by the hand
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Says he, "I never saw the likes of MacNamara's Band"
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Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away
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McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do play
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And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is somethin' grand
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A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band
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Oh, my name is Uncle Julius and from Sweden I did come
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To play with MacNamara's Band and beat the big bass drum
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And when I march along the street the ladies think I'm grand
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They shout, "There's Uncle Julius playin' with an Irish band!"
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Oh, I wear a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green
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And I'm the funniest lookin' Swede that you have ever seen
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There is O'Brians, O'Ryans, O'Sheehans and Meehans, they come from Ireland
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But, by yimminy, I'm the only Swede in MacNamara's Band
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Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away
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McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do play
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And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is somethin' grand
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A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band
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That's MacNamara
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MacNamara's Band
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| Bing Crosby |
