1. Seventy-Six Trombones
From Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man

2. Became a hit on Broadway in 1957
Ran for 1375 performances.
There’s a 1962 film adaptation and a 2003 TV adaptation.

3. Seventy-six 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 cream of every famous band.

4. Seventy-six 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 kinds.

5. There were fifty 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.

6. Seventy-six trombones hit the counterpoint.
While a hundred and ten cornets blazed away.
To the rhythm of Harch! Harch! Harch!
All the kids began to march,
And they’re marching stiiiiiiiiill right today!
Marching still right today!