SEVENTY-SIX TROMBONES
(Meredith Wilson)

Recorded by: Craig Bierko; Stanley Black; Boston Pops Orch.;
Empire Brass; Arthur Fiedler; Jimmy Giuffre; Arthur Godfrey;
Hit Crew; Houston Symphony Orch.; Van Johnson; King Brothers;
Peter Knight Orch.; Michael Kosarin; André Kostelanetz;
Erich Kunzel; London Promenade Orch.; Henry Mancini;
Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Robert Preston; Denis Quilley;
River City Brass Band; Lalo Schifrin; Dinah Shore;
South Shore Concert Band; Bryn Terfel; 
United States Air Force Band; Joe Wilder; John Williams.


Harold:
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 virtuo-
Sos, the cream of ev'ry famous band.

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 ev'ry shape and kind.

There were copper bottom tympani in horse platoons
Thundering, thundering all along the way.
Double bell euphoniums and big bassoons,
Each bassoon having it's big, fat say!

There were fifty mounted cannon in the battery
Thundering, thundering louder than before
Clarinets of ev'ry size
And trumpeters who'd improvise
A full octave higher than the score!

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SEVENTY SIX TROMBONES (Vera Lynn)

fr "The Music Man" 1957 Musical
Meredith Willson   1957

as rec by Vera Lynn  1957


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!

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 kind.

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

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!

Seventy six trombones led the big parade
When the order to march rang out loud and clear,
Starting off with a big bang bong
On the chinese gong
By a big bang bonger at the rear.

Seventy six 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 umpahed up and down the square.

Ba-ba-ba-bum-bum-bum, bum-ba-bum-ba-bum,
Ba-ba-ba-bum-bum-bum, bum-ba-bum.
Ba-ba-ba-bum-bum-bum, bum-ba-bum-ba-bum-ba-bum,
Bum-ba-bum, ba-bum-ba-bum-ba-bum,

Seventy six 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 umpah,umpah, umpahpahed,
And I umpahed up and down the square.



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - August 2012)