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