These tunes are the ones used as part of our marching repertoire and stuff. Normally, we play the tune once through, sing it once, and play it again. Note that we do not always sing all of them (the usual ones are "Nellie", "Washington and Lee", "Bananas", "Tipperary", and "Happy Days". The words for most of them are available if you want them. Almost all are in Bb. A couple are in F (Georgia, Leaning, ... [we bass drummers don't worry about keys too much]). A v after the tune indicates we sing it.
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For a printable document with the WORDS to all of the band’s tunes, click
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BALL GAME (Take Me Out To The Ball Game) v
BANANAS (Yes, We Have No Bananas) v
BATTLE HYMN (Battle Hymn of the Republic) v
BEER (with Mr. Al Capella) v
BEER BARREL POLKA (Roll Out the Barrel) v (sometimes)
CALIFORNIA (California Here I Come) v
COMIN' 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN v
DIXIE v
HAPPY DAYS (Happy Days Are Here Again) v
GEORGIA (Marching Through Georgia) v
IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER v
LEANING (Leaning on the Everlasting Arms) v
LOOK SHARP (To Look Sharp Use Gillette Blue Blades) v
LTWCMB Anthem (written by David Silverman) v
McNAMARA’s BAND v
MICKEY MOUSE (sometimes follows military - I hate that) v
MILITARY MEDLEY (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard)
NELLIE (Wait 'til the Sun Shines, Nellie [our warm-up tune]) v
SAINTS (When The Saints etc. [we always screw this up])
STAR SPANGLED BANNER [our last tune]
SUNSHINE (You Are My Sunshine) v
TAVERN (There's A Tavern In the Town) v
TIPPERARY (It's A Long Way To Tipperary) v
WALK RIGHT IN [our first tune] v
WASHINGTON AND LEE SWING v
WIZARD OF OZ [not many times even though we rehearsed it] v
Tunes we play for fun in bars or at breaks in the action:
AMAZING GRACE v
AMERICA (America The Beautiful) v
CLOSER WALK (Just a Closer Walk With Thee) v
FIREMAN'S BAND v
HOME ON THE RANGE v
HOW DRY I AM [only the first couple of bars]
IRISH EYES (When Irish Eyes Are Smiling) v
LA BAMBA [we've only done this a couple of times]
RED RIVER VALLEY v
SAINT LOUIS BLUES
TEQUILA v [if you consider shouting "TEQUILA" a vocal]
WILD IRISH ROSE v
ZILLIONS (zillions of others that we fake on the spot)
Tunes we play for special events:
AMORE (That's Amore [Columbus Day Parade]) v
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS [Columbus Day Parade] v
DOGGIE (How Much Is That Doggie In the Window [Pet Parades]) v
STRIPPER [Market St. Cinema in St. Pat's Parade]
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