| C | G7 | |
| Seventy s | ix trombones led the b | ig parade |
| C | |
| With a hundred and ten cornets close at h | and |
| C7 | F | |
| They were followed by rows and r | ows of the f | inest virtuosos |
| G7 | D7 | G7 | |
| The cr | eam of | ev'ry famous b | and |
| C | G7 | |
| Seventy s | ix trombones caught the m | orning sun |
| C | |
| With a hundred and ten cornets right beh | ind |
| C7 | F | |
| There were more than a thousand r | eeds springing | up like weeds |
| G7 | C | |
| There were h | orns of ev'ry shape and k | ind |
| F | C7 | |
| There were c | opper-bottom tympani in h | orse platoons |
| F | |
| Thundering, thundering, | all along the way |
| F | C | |
| D | ouble-bell euphoniums and b | ig bassoons |
| G7 | C | |
| E | ach bassoon having his b | ig fat say |
| F | C7 | |
| There were f | ifty mounted cannon in the b | attery |
| F | |
| Thundering, thundering, l | ouder than before |
| F | G7 | |
| Cl | arinets of eve'ry size and tr | umpeters who'd improvise |
| C | G7 | F | |
| A f | ull octave h | igher than the sc | ore |
| C | G7 | |
| Seventy s | ix trombones led the b | ig parade |
| C | |
| When the order to march rang out loud and cl | ear |
| C7 | F | |
| Starting off with a big bang b | ong on a Ch | inese gong |
| G7 | D7 | G7 | |
| By a b | ig bang b | onger at the r | ear |
| C | G7 | |
| Seventy s | ix trombones hit the c | ounter point |
| C | |
| While a hundred and ten cornets played the | air |
| C7 | F | |
| Then I modestly took my pl | ace as the | one and only bass |
| G7 | C | |
| And I | oompahed up and down the sq | uare |
