MacNamara’s Band
Song by Bing Crosby and The Jesters
Oh, me name is MacNamara, I'm the leader of the bandAlthough we're few in numbers, we're the finest in the landWe play at wakes and weddings and at every fancy ballAnd 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 awayMcCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do playAnd Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grandA credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band
Right now we are rehearsing for a very swell affairThe annual celebration, all the gentry will be thereWhen General Grant to Ireland came he took me by the handSays he, "I never saw the likes of MacNamara's Band"
Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze awayMcCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do playAnd Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grandA credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band
Oh, my name is Uncle Julius and from Sweden I did comeTo play with MacNamara's Band and beat the big bass drumAnd when I march along the street the ladies think I'm grandThey shout, "There's Uncle Julius playing with an Irish band!"
Oh, I wear a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of greenAnd I'm the funniest lookin' Swede that you have ever seenThere is O'Brians, O'Ryans, O'Sheehans and Meehans, they come from IrelandBut, by yimminy, I'm the only Swede in MacNamara's Band
Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze awayMcCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do playAnd Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grandA credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band
That's MacNamara