MacNamara's Band - O’Connor & Stamford 1889 [C] [G] [D7] [G] [Verse] G Oh, me name is MacNamara , I'm the leader of the band C G A7 D7 Although we're small in numbers, we're the finest in the land G We play at wakes and weddings and at every fancy ball C G D7 G And when we play the funerals, we play the March from Saul [Chorus] G Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away C G A7 D7 McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do play G And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand C G D7 G A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band [Interlude] [G] [Am] [D] [G] [Verse] G Right now we are rehearsing for a very swell affair C G A7 D7 The annual celebration, all the gentry will be there G When General Grant to Ireland came he took me by the hand C G D7 G Says he, I never saw the likes of MacNamara's Band [Chorus] G Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away C G A7 D7 McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do play G And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand C G D7 G A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band [Interlude] [G] [Am] [D] [G] [Verse] G Oh, my name is Uncle Julius and from Sweden I did come C G A7 D7 To play with MacNamara's Band and beat the big bass drum G And when I march along the street the ladies think I'm grand C G D7 G They shout, there's Uncle Julius playing with an Irish band G Oh, I wear a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green C G A7 D7 And I'm the funniest lookin' Swede that you have ever seen G There’s O'Brians, O'Ryans, Sheehans and Meehans, they come from Ireland C G D7 G But, by yimminy, I'm the only Swede in MacNamara's Band [Chorus] G Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away C G A7 D7 McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do play G And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand C G D7 G A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band [Outro] [G] [Am] [D] [G]