[ti:MacNamara's Band]
[ar:Dennis Day]
[00:00.32]MacNamara's Band - Dennis Day
[00:07.70]Oh me name is macnamara
[00:09.31]I'm the leader of the band
[00:11.56]Although we're few in numbers
[00:12.98]We're the finest in the land
[00:15.05]We play at wakes and weddings
[00:16.47]And at every fancy ball
[00:18.54]And when we play the funerals
[00:20.33]We play the march from saul
[00:21.90]Oh the drums go bang and the cymbals
[00:23.75]Clang and the horns they blaze away
[00:25.67]Mccarthy pumps the old bassoon
[00:27.17]While I the pipes do play
[00:29.13]And henessee tennessee tootles the flute
[00:30.84]And the music is something grand
[00:32.69]A credit to old ireland is macnamara's band
[00:42.80]Right now we are rehearsing for a very swell affair
[00:46.74]The annual celebration all the gentry will be there
[00:50.44]When general grant to ireland
[00:51.78]Came he took me by the hand
[00:53.82]Says he
[00:54.47]I never saw the likes of macnamara's band
[00:57.25]Oh the drums go bang and the cymbals
[00:58.99]Clang and the horns they blaze away
[01:00.95]Mccarthy pumps the old bassoon
[01:02.56]While I the pipes do play
[01:04.60]And henessee tennessee tootles the
[01:05.96]Flute and the music is something grand
[01:08.00]A credit to old ireland is macnamara's band
[01:18.28]Oh my name is uncle julius
[01:19.92]And from sweden I had come
[01:22.23]To play with macnamara's band
[01:24.01]And beat the big bass drum
[01:25.81]And when I march along the street
[01:27.49]The ladies think I'm grand
[01:29.36]They shout there's uncle julius
[01:30.71]Playing with an irish band
[01:32.47]Oh the drums go bang and the cymbals
[01:34.25]Clang and the horns they blaze away
[01:36.41]Mccarthy pumps the old bassoon
[01:38.05]While I the pipes do play
[01:39.90]And henessee tennessee tootles the flute
[01:41.76]And the music is something grand
[01:43.55]A credit to old ireland is macnamara's band
[01:48.94]A credit to old ireland is macnamara's band