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 HUNDRED REEDS
SPRINGING UP
JUST LIKE THE WEEDS
THERE WERE HORNS
OF EVERY SHAPE
AND KIND
THERE WERE
COPPER BOTTOM TIMPANI
AND HORSE PLATOONS
THUNDERING
THUNDERING
ALL ALONG THE WAY
DOUBLE BELL
EUPHONIUMS
AND BIG BASSOONS
EACH BASSOON
HAVING HIS 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