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HERB LONG REASONS

with his

76 SEASONS

In seventeen hundred and seventy-six,

The numbers game began.

It snowballed and grew, so that now the number sticks –

It bit the Music Man.

He marched along with Seventy-six Trombones,

Cheered on by a big crowd.

They, never having to dodge angry stones,

Could never play too loud.

Remember Union 76 of “oil”?

Its brand has gone away.

Its number, though, no matter how  they may toil,

Will never rub away.

Herb’s one-time connection to this cypher,

Designed to make us cheer –

A number that the Yankee soul would die fer –

He’d just as soon not hear!