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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 play the [C] funerals, we [D7] play the [G7] March from [C] Saul
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Right [C] now we are rehearsing for a very swell affair. The [F] annual [C] celebration, all the [D7] gentry will be [G7] there. When [C] General Grant to Ireland came he took me by the hand. Says [F] he, I never [C] saw the likes of [D7] McNa-[G7]-mara's [C] Band
[Chorus]
Oh, the [C] drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away
Mc [F] Carthy pumps the [C] old bassoon while [D7] I the pipes do [G7] play
And [C] Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand
A [F] credit to old [C] Ireland is [D7] McNa -[G7]- mara's [C] band
[Verse 3]
Oh, my [C] name is Uncle Julius and from Sweden I did come. To [F] play with McNa-[C] -mara's Band and [D7] beat the big bass [G7] drum. And [C] when I march along the street the ladies think I'm grand. They [F] shout, there's Uncle [C] Julius playing [D7] with an [G7] Irish [C] band
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
Oh, I [C] wear a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green, And [F] I'm the funniest lookin' [C] Swede that [D7] you have ever [G7] seen. There is [C] O'Brians, O'Ryans, O'Sheehans and Meehans, they come from Ireland - - But, by [F] yimminy, I'm the [C] only Swede in [D7] McNa-[G7]-mara's [C] Band
[Chorus]
Oh, the [C] drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away
Mc [F] Carthy pumps the [C] old bassoon while [D7] I the pipes do [G7] play
And [C] Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand
A [F] credit to old [C] Ireland is [D7] McNa -[G7]- mara's [C] band
