MacNamara’s Band (video) (midi)

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2. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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,

G D E A

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.

(orig.=capo 3rd; midi=no capo, in C-Dm-G-C...) (Bing Crosby)