Frenesi-Artie Shaw/Harry James/Harry James Orchestra

[ti:Mcnamara's Band] [ar:Bing Crosby] [al:Archive Series - Bing Crosby] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Frenesi - Artie Shaw/Harry James/Harry James Orchestra [00:09.52]Oh me name is MacNamara [00:10.97] [00:11.73]I'm the leader of the band [00:13.74]Although we're few in numbers [00:15.41]We're the finest in the land [00:17.29]We play at wakes and weddings [00:19.19]And at every fancy ball [00:21.19]And when we play the funerals [00:22.88]We play the March from Saul [00:25.03]Oh the drums go bang [00:26.23]And the cymbals clang [00:27.04]And the horns they blaze away [00:28.76]McCarthy pumps the old bassoon [00:30.34]While I the pipes do play [00:32.34]And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute [00:34.13]And the music is somethin' grand [00:36.09]A credit to old Ireland is [00:38.17]MacNamara's band [00:40.56] [00:54.67]Right now we are rehearsin' [00:56.29]For a very swell affair [00:58.55]The annual celebration [01:00.09]All the gentry will be there [01:02.23]When General Grant to Ireland came [01:04.07]He took me by the hand [01:06.00]Says he "I never saw the likes [01:07.92]Of MacNamara's Band" [01:09.68]Oh the drums go bang [01:10.80]And the cymbals clang [01:12.20]And the horns they blaze away [01:13.87]McCarthy pumps the old bassoon [01:15.47]While I the pipes do play [01:17.40]And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute [01:19.15]And the music is somethin' grand A credit to [01:21.51] [01:22.12]Old Ireland is MacNamara's band [01:24.91] [01:39.55]Oh my name is Uncle Julius [01:41.27]And from Sweden I did come [01:42.93] [01:43.72]To play with MacNamara's Band [01:45.47]And beat the big bass drum [01:47.41]And when I march along the [01:49.08]Street the ladies think I'm grand [01:50.41] [01:51.18]They shout "There's Uncle Julius playin' [01:52.89]With an Irish band " [01:54.54]Oh I wear a bunch of shamrocks [01:56.31]And a uniform of green [01:58.59]And I'm the funniest lookin' Swede [02:00.48]That you have ever seen [02:02.00]There is O'Brians O'Ryans O'Sheehans [02:03.86]And Meehans they come from Ireland [02:05.30] [02:05.86]But by yimminy I'm the only Swede [02:07.90]In MacNamara's Band [02:09.68]Oh the drums go bang [02:10.94]And the cymbals clang and [02:12.06]The horns they blaze away [02:13.73]McCarthy pumps the old bassoon [02:15.37]While I the pipes do play [02:17.31]And Henessee Tennessee tootles [02:18.48]The flute and the music is somethin [02:20.35]Grand A credit to old Ireland [02:23.01]Is MacNamara's band