Quick question - I cannot for the life of me think of the name of the song that plays as the lights go down just before Elvis and the band come onstage. It's the one that starts "I am the magnificent!" What is that song?
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Double Barrel: The Best of Dave & Ansel Collins [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]
Dave & Ansel Collins
Audio CD (November 19, 2002)
Label: Trojan Us
Catalog: #80346
ASIN: B000077SX9
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However , on another date recently - Seattle , I think - Elvis and co. came one to the Bing Crosby's rendition of Macnamara's Band
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Top O the Morning: Irish Collection
Bing Crosby
Audio CD (February 27, 1996)
Original Release Date: February 27, 1996
Label: Mca
Catalog: #11406
ASIN: B000002OZL
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Macnamara's Band
1917
Music by: Shamus O'Connor
Lyrics by: John J. Stamford
Another wonderfully humorous and fun Irish song is Macnamara's Band. I think many kids from my generation sang this song and like many popular novelty songs, we added our own lyrics. Not that we needed to because the original lyrics are both perfectly matched to the music and sufficiently nonsensical in spots to satisfy anyone's musical funny bone. First introduced and recorded in England, it did not take long for this song to jump across the pond and become an American favorite. Often recorded, often by major stars such as Crosby, it has remained a staple of the Irish song genre ever since.
Bing Crosby recorded this song in 1945, Backed by the Jesters and the Bob Haggart Orchestra, the recording sold more than a million copies and spent 10 weeks in the pop charts, reaching as high as No. 10. Our copy, though published in London states it is an "American Version" with lyrics by Red Latham, Wamp Carlson and Guy Bonham. Other performers have recorded it, including the musically murderous Spike Jones. A colossal hit, it appears to be the only song from the pen of both O'Connor and Stamford. I've been unable to find any information about either of them and all references point to just this one song.
1. Oh! me name is Mac-Nam-ar-a,
I'm the lead-er of the band,
Al-though we're few in num-bers
we're the fin-est in the land.
We play at wakes and wed-dings
and at ev-'ry fan-cy ball,
And when we play to fun-er-als
we play the march from Saul.
Oh! the drums go bang, and the cym-bals clang,
and the horns they blaze a-way;
Mc-Car-thy pumps the old ba-zoon
while I the pipes do play;
And, Hen-nes-sey Ten-nes-see toot-les the flute,
and the mus-ic is some-thin' grand;
A cred-it to old I-re-land is Mac-Nam-ar-a's band.
2. Right now we are re-hear-sin'
for a ver-y swell af-fair,
The ann-ual cel-e-bra-tion,
all the gen-try will be there.
When Gene-ral Grant to Ire-land came
he took me by the hand, Says he,
"I nev-er saw the likes of Mac-Nam-ar-a's band."
Oh! the drums go bang, and the cym-bals clang,
and the horns they blaze a-way;
Mc-Car-thy pumps the old ba-zoon
while I the pipes do play;
And, Hen-nes-sey Ten-nes-see toot-les the flute,
and the mus-ic is some-thin' grand;
A cred-it to old I-re-land is Mac-Nam-ar-a's band.
3. Oh! my name is Un-cle Yul-ius
and from Swed-en I have come,
To play with Mac-Nam-ar-a's band
and beat the big bass drum,
and when I march a-long the street
the la-dies think I'm grand,
They shout "There's Un-cle Yul-ius
play-ing with an I-rish band."
4. Oh! I wear a bunch of sham-rocks
and a un-i-form of green,
And I'm the funni-est look-ing Swede
that you have ev-er seen,
There's O'Briens and Ryans
and Sheehans and Meehans
they come from I-re-land,
But by Yimmin-y I'm the
on-ly Swede in Mac-Nam-ar-a's band."
Double Barrel: The Best of Dave & Ansel Collins [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]
Dave & Ansel Collins
Audio CD (November 19, 2002)
Label: Trojan Us
Catalog: #80346
ASIN: B000077SX9
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
However , on another date recently - Seattle , I think - Elvis and co. came one to the Bing Crosby's rendition of Macnamara's Band
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ce&s=music
Top O the Morning: Irish Collection
Bing Crosby
Audio CD (February 27, 1996)
Original Release Date: February 27, 1996
Label: Mca
Catalog: #11406
ASIN: B000002OZL
http://parlorsongs.com/issues/2002-3/th ... atureb.asp
Macnamara's Band
1917
Music by: Shamus O'Connor
Lyrics by: John J. Stamford
Another wonderfully humorous and fun Irish song is Macnamara's Band. I think many kids from my generation sang this song and like many popular novelty songs, we added our own lyrics. Not that we needed to because the original lyrics are both perfectly matched to the music and sufficiently nonsensical in spots to satisfy anyone's musical funny bone. First introduced and recorded in England, it did not take long for this song to jump across the pond and become an American favorite. Often recorded, often by major stars such as Crosby, it has remained a staple of the Irish song genre ever since.
Bing Crosby recorded this song in 1945, Backed by the Jesters and the Bob Haggart Orchestra, the recording sold more than a million copies and spent 10 weeks in the pop charts, reaching as high as No. 10. Our copy, though published in London states it is an "American Version" with lyrics by Red Latham, Wamp Carlson and Guy Bonham. Other performers have recorded it, including the musically murderous Spike Jones. A colossal hit, it appears to be the only song from the pen of both O'Connor and Stamford. I've been unable to find any information about either of them and all references point to just this one song.
1. Oh! me name is Mac-Nam-ar-a,
I'm the lead-er of the band,
Al-though we're few in num-bers
we're the fin-est in the land.
We play at wakes and wed-dings
and at ev-'ry fan-cy ball,
And when we play to fun-er-als
we play the march from Saul.
Oh! the drums go bang, and the cym-bals clang,
and the horns they blaze a-way;
Mc-Car-thy pumps the old ba-zoon
while I the pipes do play;
And, Hen-nes-sey Ten-nes-see toot-les the flute,
and the mus-ic is some-thin' grand;
A cred-it to old I-re-land is Mac-Nam-ar-a's band.
2. Right now we are re-hear-sin'
for a ver-y swell af-fair,
The ann-ual cel-e-bra-tion,
all the gen-try will be there.
When Gene-ral Grant to Ire-land came
he took me by the hand, Says he,
"I nev-er saw the likes of Mac-Nam-ar-a's band."
Oh! the drums go bang, and the cym-bals clang,
and the horns they blaze a-way;
Mc-Car-thy pumps the old ba-zoon
while I the pipes do play;
And, Hen-nes-sey Ten-nes-see toot-les the flute,
and the mus-ic is some-thin' grand;
A cred-it to old I-re-land is Mac-Nam-ar-a's band.
3. Oh! my name is Un-cle Yul-ius
and from Swed-en I have come,
To play with Mac-Nam-ar-a's band
and beat the big bass drum,
and when I march a-long the street
the la-dies think I'm grand,
They shout "There's Un-cle Yul-ius
play-ing with an I-rish band."
4. Oh! I wear a bunch of sham-rocks
and a un-i-form of green,
And I'm the funni-est look-ing Swede
that you have ev-er seen,
There's O'Briens and Ryans
and Sheehans and Meehans
they come from I-re-land,
But by Yimmin-y I'm the
on-ly Swede in Mac-Nam-ar-a's band."
Anyone still looking for 'Double Barrel ' can find it on this recently released , inexpensive absolute cracker of a compilation -
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Audio CD (February 27, 2006)
Number of Discs:2
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Disc: 1
7. Double Barrel - Collins, Dave & Ansel
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 33-0730305
Reggae Action
Various Artists
Audio CD (February 27, 2006)
Number of Discs:2
Label: Pulse
ASIN: B000DXSC9K
Disc: 1
7. Double Barrel - Collins, Dave & Ansel