Released in 1961
Written by Traditional
Last updated on October 10, 2020
Album This song officially appears on the My Bonnie 7" Single.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1961
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
First Beatles recording sessions with Tony Sheridan
June 22nd-23rd 1961
Get Back sessions - January 6, 1969 - Day 3
Jan 06, 1969
Feb 24, 1981
in 2020, Paul McCartney played Louis Armstrong’s own trumpet to perform “When The Saints Go Marchin’ In” as part of the ‘Round Midnight Preserves benefit concert.
Well a-when the saints go marching in
When the saints go marching in
Mmm I want to be
I'm gonna be in that number
Ooh, when the saints go marching in
Oh when the sun, yeah, begins to shine
When that old sun above begins to shine,
I tell you something: I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be in that number
When the sun begins to shine
Yeah when my lord, mmm, he calls me there
Ah when my lord calls, yeah ge calls me there
I'll tell you something that I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be in that number
Oh when my old lord calls me there
Yeah, when the saints go marching in
When the saints go marching, marching in
I tell you something I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be in that number
Yeah, when the saints go marching in
Well when the sun, yeah, begins to shine.
Whoo, when that sun begins to shine
I tell you something I'm gonna be
I'm a-gonna be in that number, whoo
When that old sun, boy, begins to shine
I say one time
Ah-ha, mmm, ah-ha yeah
Oh, I like it that way baby
Mmm, yeah, ooh
When the saints go marching in
Yeah when the saints go marching in
Yeah when the saints go marching in
I tell you something, that I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be in that number,
Yeah when the saints go marching in
When my lord, he calls me there
Yeah when my lord, he calls me there
I'll tell you something that I'm gonna be
Gonna be, I'm a-gonna be in that number
Yeah, when the saints go marching in
A/B Road Complete Get Back Sessions - Jan 6th, 1969 - 5
Unofficial album • Released in 2004
0:06 • Rehearsal • Jan.06 - D5-13 - When The Saints Go Marching In 6.109
Recording : Jan 06, 1969
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
0:18 • Alternate take • (Paul playing trumpet)
Concert From "'Take It Away' promotional video filming" in Borehamwood, United Kingdom on Jun 23, 1982
Unofficial live • Released in 2022
Live
Concert From "'Round Midnight Preserves" in , on Jun 20, 2020
“The Saints (When the Saints Go Marching In)” has been played in 1 concerts.
Jun 20, 2020 •
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Austin Foster • 1 year ago
A recording of When The Saints Go Marching In is also included as a hidden track on the Archive edition of Wild Life after Africa Yeah Yeah
The PaulMcCartney Project • 1 year ago
Really? I didn't know that, will check it out, Thanks Austin.
Jan • 1 month ago
I played my Wild Life Archive cd but couldn’t find this hidden track. How can you get access to it?