V1 
C     G                          A7     D   G 
Oh my name is MacNamara, I'm the leader of a band, 
   C                  G                 Em7       A7      D 
Although we're few in number, we're the finest in all the land. 
   C                 G                Em7    A7     D 
Of course I’m the conductor, and I’ve often  had to play 
     C                G              Em7   A7     G 
With all the fine musicians that you read about today. 


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    G                                                         C 
The drums they bang, the cymbals clang, the horns they blaze away, 
                   G                 Em7   A7         G 
McCarthy puffs the ould bassoon, and I the pipes does play. 
G 
Hennessey Tennessee toot the flute, the music is something grand, 
      C              G                   Em7  A7     G 
And a credit to ould Ireland’s, boys is  MacNamara's Band. 

V2 
    C        G                A7      D     G 
Whenever an election's on, we play on either side, 
        C               G                     Em7    A7         D 
And the way we play the fine ould airs, fills every  heart with pride. 
   C                  G                Em7       A7   D 
If dear Tom Moore was living now, he'd make them understand 
     C               G                  Em7  A7     G 
That none can do him justice, like ould MacNamara's Band. 

Repeat Chorus: 

V3 
   D7                G                A7    D7     G 
We play for fairs or weddings and for every County Ball, 
       C               G                    Em7  A7       D 
And at any great man's funeral we play "The Dead March in Saul." 
     C                G                Em7      A7     D 
When General Grant to Ireland came, he shook me by the hand, 
    C             G                       Em7  A7     G 
And said he never heard the like, of ould MacNamara's Band. 

Repeat Chorus. 
    
V4 
D7               G               A7   D7     G 
Just now we are practicing for a very grand affair, 
        C          G                Em7    A7      D 
It's an annual celebration, all the gentry will be there. 
    C                   G                  Em7       A7       D 
The girls and boys will all turn out, with flags and colours grand, 
       C               G                Em7  A7     G 
And in front of the procession, will be MacNamara's Band.       (Slowing)