McNamara’s Band (F or E)

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Oh! Me name is MacNamara, I'm the leader of the band.

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Although we're few in number We're the finest in the land.

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We play at wakes and weddings And at ev'ry fancy ball,

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And when we play to funerals We play the march from Saul.

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Oh! The drums go bang And the cymbals clang,

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And the horns they blaze away; McCarthy pumps the old bazoon

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While I the pipes do play; And Hennessey Tennessee toootles the flute,

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And the music is somethin' grand; A credit to old Ireland is McNamara's band.

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Oh! My name is Uncle Yulius and From Sweden I have come,

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To play with McNamara'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 Yuliius playing 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 looking Swede that you have ever seen.

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

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But by Yimminy I'm the only Swede in McNamara's band.

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Right now we are rehearsin’ for a very swell afair

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The annual celebration, all the gentry will be there

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When Gen’ral Grant to Ireland came he took me by the hand

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Says He, I never saw the likes of McNamara’s Band