“When the Saints Go Marching In”

1. An American spiritual (see also spiritual), one of the best-known songs played by Dixieland bands. The first verse is:

   Oh, when the saints go marching in,

   Oh, when the saints go marching in,

   Oh, Lord, I want to be in that number,

   When the saints go marching in.

Example Sentences

Batiste morphed the grade-school chant “If You’re Happy and You Know It” into “When the Saints Go Marching In,” then brought hip-hop legend Juvenile onstage for “Back That Azz Up.”

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His former adversary, Pakistani coach Intikhab Alam, who had captained the country's team in the 1970s, even performed for Bedi, serenading him with the Louis Armstrong song When The Saints Go Marching In.

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Before the vote, marching to the tune of a thumping djembe drum and a brass trombone playing “When the Saints Go Marching In,” Pearson helped lead hundreds of supporters on a walk to the commission meeting from the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed April 4, 1968.

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On that tree-lined stretch of West 63rd Street, the brass band accompanying Amal broke into a festive rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In,” and she began to dance as she walked along.

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As the last notes of “When the Saints Go Marching In” dissolved, the monstrous heat wave that had clutched the city for days began to crack.

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