ONE month left! Time for 76 Trombones..a song that is the very definition of excitement.

[Democrats_win]

First, the introduction (sung to the tune "We've got trouble right here in River City) which fades into "76 Trombones."


you'll see the glitter of crashing cymbals
and you'll hear the thunder of rolling drums
and the shimmer of trumpets. Ta-ta-ta!
And you'll feel something akin to the electric thrill
I once enjoyed when Gilmore, Pat Conway,
The Great Creatore, W.C. Handy
and John Philip Sousa
all came to town on the very same historic day...

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 ev'ry famous band....

[Pab Sungenis]

1. Meredith Wilson was a Republican.

His family wouldn't let the song be performed at the Democratic National Convention in 2000.