Seventy-Six Trombones
Seventy-Six Trombones
Seventy-six trombones led the big parade,
With a hundred & 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 & ten cornets right behind.
There were over a thousand reeds,
Srpinging up like weeds,
There were horns of every shape & kind.
There were copper bottom timpani 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 trumpets who'd improvise
A full octave higher than the score!
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 still right today!Seventy-Six Trombones
sex sonat et decies septem quae turba tubarum!
~~pompa decem et centum cornua iuncta tenet.
agminibus densis gnarissima turma secuta est,
~~Amphion, Orpheus, plurimus ipse Linus.
sex iubar et decies septem rubefecit Eoum;
~~ecce decem et centum cornua pone tubis!
mille instant calami, loliis simulata caterva,
~~buccina cum lituis, cornua, concha, tubae.
tympana tunc equitum resonabant aere profundo,
~~quo tonitru resonans omne tonabat iter.
fistula – iam duplicata rudent euphonia! - opimo
~ sermones duplicat gutture quaeque suos.
quina decem tormenta, tonantia fulmina belli,
~~raucius augebant, raucius usque sonos;
maxima vel maior, minor atque minuta cicuta;
~~classica conatu bis quater Icario;
sex dant et decies septem contraria chordae;
~~vi flant undecies cornua dena melos.
vadere cum pueris cunctae coepere puellae,
~vadere praesenti queis placet usque die!My translation into Latin
Translation: Copyright © Timothy Adès