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Oh me name is McNamara

I’m the leader of the band

Although we’re small in numbers we’re the best band in the land

We play for wakes and weddings

And at every fancy ball

And when we play the funerals

We play the March from Saul

Oh the drums go bang

The cymbals clang

The horns they blaze away

McCarthy plays the old basson

While I the pipes do play

And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute

And the music is something grand

A credit to old Ireland is McNamara’s band

Tra la la laaa, la la la laa laaaaa, laaaa la la la laaaaa

Tra la la laaa, la la la laa laaaaaaa

A credit to old Ireland is McNamara’s band

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

Saws he, I never heard the likes of McNamara’s band

Oh the drums go bang

The cymbals clang

The horns they blaze away

McCarthy plays the old basson

While I the pipes do play

And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute

And the music is something grand

A credit to old Ireland is McNamara’s band

Tra la la laaa, la la la laa laaaaa, laaaa la la la laaaaa

Tra la la laaa, la la la laa laaaaaaa

A credit to old Ireland is McNamara’s band