When the Saints Go Marching In - Art Is...

When the Saints Go Marching In We
are
trav'ling
in
the
footsteps
 Of
those
who've
gone
before
 But
we'll
all
be
reunited
(but
if
we
stand
reunited)
 On
a
new
and
sunlit
shore
(then
a
new
world
is
in
store)
 

 O
when
the
saints
go
marching
in
 When
the
saints
go
marching
in
 O
Lord
I
want
to
be
in
that
number
 When
the
saints
go
marching
in
 

 And
when
the
sun
refuse
(begins)
to
shine
 And
when
the
sun
refuse
(begins)
to
shine
 O
Lord
I
want
to
be
in
that
number
 When
the
saints
go
marching
in
 

 When
the
moon
turns
red
with
blood
 When
the
moon
turns
red
with
blood
 O
Lord
I
want
to
be
in
that
number
 When
the
saints
go
marching
in
 
 On
that
hallelujah
day
 On
that
hallelujah
day
 O
Lord
I
want
to
be
in
that
number
 When
the
saints
go
marching
in
 
 O
when
the
trumpet
sounds
the
call
 O
when
the
trumpet
sounds
the
call
 O
Lord
I
want
to
be
in
that
number
 When
the
saints
go
marching
in
 

 Some
say
this
world
of
trouble
 Is
the
only
one
we
need
 But
I'm
waiting
for
that
morning
 When
the
new
world
is
revealed
 

 When
the
revelation
(revolution)
comes
 When
the
revelation
(revolution)
comes
 O
Lord
I
want
to
be
in
that
number
 When
the
saints
go
marching
in
 
 When
the
rich
go
out
and
work
 When
the
rich
go
out
and
work
 O
Lord
I
want
to
be
in
that
number
 When
the
saints
go
marching
in
 
 When
the
air
is
pure
and
clean
 When
the
air
is
pure
and
clean
 O
Lord
I
want
to
be
in
that
number
 When
the
saints
go
marching
in
 

 When
we
all
have
food
to
eat
 When
we
all
have
food
to
eat
 O
Lord
I
want
to
be
in
that
number
 When
the
saints
go
marching
in
 
 When
our
leaders
learn
to
cry
 When
our
leaders
learn
to
cry
 O
Lord
I
want
to
be
in
that
number
 When
the
saints
go
marching
in


THE GOLD STANDARD Louis Armstrong recorded "When the Saints Go Marching In," in 1938 and the song has remained a tried and true staple of American Music since then. There are close to 1,000 different recordings of the song, and the song received the distinction of being named a "Towering Song" by the Songwriters Hall of Fame. When a song achieves that level of fame, it becomes known as a "standard." Here you enjoy different versions of the song by artists as varied as Bruce Springsteen, Ray Charles, the Cincinnati Symphony, Fats Domino, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, James Brown, and even the Beatles, whose version was on the "B" side of the their first commercial release in 1961. But it's Satchmo's version that people turn to capture that familiar New Orleans Spirit. When the song was first played, the traditional use of the song was as a funeral march. In New Orleans, accompanying the coffin to the cemetary, the band would play the song slow and sad, but on the way back, after the funeral, the song would be played in an upbeat tempo. Louis said this about this tradition of the returning funeral parade, "the second line is a bunch of guys who follow the parade. They're not the members of the lodge or the club. Anybody can be a second liner. Whether they be raggedy or dressed up, they seemed to have more fun than anybody."