McNamara's Band-Bing Crosby

[ti:MacNamara's Band] [ar:Bing Crosby] [al:My Favorite Irish Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:07.86]Oh me name is MacNamara [00:09.99]I'm the leader of the band [00:12.12]Although we're few in numbers [00:13.68]We're the finest in the land [00:15.75]We play at wakes and weddings [00:17.06]And at every fancy ball [00:19.12]And when we play the funerals [00:20.81]We play the March from Saul [00:23.09]Oh the drums go bang and the cymbals clang [00:25.03]And the horns they blaze away [00:26.47]McCarthy pumps the old bassoon [00:28.72]While I the pipes do play [00:30.47]And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute [00:32.16]And the music is something grand [00:34.10]A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band [00:37.76] [00:52.53]Right now we are rehearsing [00:54.28]For a very swell affair [00:56.41]The annual celebration [00:57.54]All the gentry will be there [00:59.79]When General Grant [01:00.85]To Ireland came he took me by the hand [01:03.60]Says he [01:04.38]I never saw the likes of MacNamara's Band [01:07.13]Oh the drums go bang and the cymbals clang [01:09.38]And the horns they blaze away [01:11.23]McCarthy pumps the old bassoon [01:13.04]While I the pipes do play [01:14.92]And Henessee Tennessee tootles [01:16.18]The flute and the music is something grand [01:18.61]A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band [01:22.24] [01:36.86]Oh my name is Uncle Julius [01:38.62]And from Sweden I did come [01:40.92]To play with MacNamara's Band [01:42.62]And beat the big bass drum [01:44.64]And when I march along the street [01:46.52]The ladies think I'm grand [01:48.27]They shout [01:48.53]There's Uncle Julius playing with an Irish band [01:51.71]Oh I wear a bunch of shamrocks [01:53.53]And a uniform of green [01:55.53]And I'm the funniest lookin' Swede [01:57.41]That you have ever seen [01:59.03]There is O'Brians O'Ryans O'Sheehans and Meehans [02:01.28]They come from Ireland [02:02.97]But by yimminy [02:03.91]I'm the only Swede in MacNamara's Band [02:06.43]Oh the drums go bang and [02:08.07]The cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away [02:10.75]McCarthy pumps the old bassoon [02:12.19]While I the pipes do play [02:14.25]And Henessee Tennessee tootles [02:15.69]The flute and the music is something grand [02:18.07]A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band [02:21.82] [02:35.29]That's MacNamara