The Music Man: 76 Trombones

76 trombones led the big parade
With a hundred and ten cornets close at hand
They were followed by rows and rows of the finest virtuosos
The dream of every famous band

76 trombones caught the morning sun
With a hundred and ten cornets right behind
There were more than a thousand reeds springing up like weeds
There were horns of every shape and kind

There were copper bottom tympani in horse platoons
Thundering, thundering all along the way
Double-belled euphoniums and big bassoons
Each bassoon having its big, fat say

There were 50 mounted cannon in the battery
Thundering, thundering, louder than before
Clarinets of every size and trumpeters who'd improvise
A full octave higher than the score
76 trombones led the big parade
When the order to march rang out loud and clear
Then they ordered a big bang bong on the Chinese gong
By a big bang bonger in the rear!

76 trombones hit the counterpoint
While a hundred and ten cornets played the air
Then I modestly took my place as the one and only bass
And I oompahed up and down the square

There were copper bottom tympani in horse platoons
Thundering, thundering, all along the way
Double-belled euphoniums and big bassoons
Each bassoon having its big, fat say

There were 50 mounted cannon in the battery
Thundering, thundering, louder than before
Clarinets of every size and trumpeters who'd improvise
A full octave higher than the score