{"id":16326,"date":"2023-08-20T00:02:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T00:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=16326"},"modified":"2025-11-27T00:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T00:12:58","slug":"mcnamaras-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/mcnamaras-band\/","title":{"rendered":"McNamara’s Band"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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NOT TOO FAST\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n<\/span>Oh, me [C] name is McNamara, I'm the leader of the band.    <\/span><\/span>Al-[F]-though we're few in [C] numbers, we're the [D7] finest in the [G7] land\r\n<\/span><\/span>We [C] play at wakes and weddings and at every fancy ball - - - <\/span><\/span>And [F] when we play the [C] funerals, we [D7] play the [G7] March from [C] Saul\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<\/span>Right [C] now we are rehearsing for a very swell affair.   <\/span><\/span>The [F] annual [C] celebration, all the [D7] gentry will be [G7] there.   <\/span><\/span>When [C] General Grant to Ireland came he took me by the hand.   <\/span><\/span>Says [F] he, I never [C] saw the likes of [D7] McNa-[G7]-mara's [C] Band\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>Oh, the [C] drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away\r\n<\/span><\/span>Mc [F] Carthy pumps the [C] old bassoon while [D7] I the pipes do [G7] play\r\n<\/span><\/span>And [C] Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>A [F] credit to old [C] Ireland is [D7] McNa -[G7]- mara's [C] band\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>  \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n<\/span>Oh, my [C] name is Uncle Julius and from Sweden I did come.   <\/span><\/span>To [F] play with McNa-[C] -mara's Band and [D7] beat the big bass [G7] drum.    <\/span><\/span>And [C] when I march along the street the ladies think I'm grand.   <\/span><\/span>They [F] shout, there's Uncle [C] Julius playing [D7] with an [G7] Irish [C] band\r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span> <\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n<\/span>Oh, I [C] wear a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green,  <\/span><\/span>And [F] I'm the funniest lookin' [C] Swede that [D7] you have ever [G7] seen.   <\/span><\/span>There is [C] O'Brians, O'Ryans, O'Sheehans and Meehans, they come from Ireland<\/span> - - <\/span><\/span>But, by [F] yimminy, I'm the [C] only Swede in [D7] McNa-[G7]-mara's [C] Band\r\n\r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>Oh, the [C] drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away\r\n<\/span><\/span>Mc [F] Carthy pumps the [C] old bassoon while [D7] I the pipes do [G7] play\r\n<\/span><\/span>And [C] Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>A [F] credit to old [C] Ireland is [D7] McNa -[G7]- mara's [C] band\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>  \r\n\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NOT TOO FAST [Verse 1] Oh, me [C] name is McNamara, I’m the leader of the band. Al-[F]-though we’re few in [C] numbers, we’re the [D7] finest in the [G7] land We [C] play at wakes and weddings and at every fancy ball – – – And [F] when we … CLICK TO VIEW SONGMcNamara’s Band<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,133,126,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-perflive","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}