When the saints
When the Saints Go Marching In, souvent abrégée en The Saints, est une chanson de type Negro Spiritual partiellement inspirée de la musique folk.
Une utilisation traditionnelle de la chanson est une marche funéraire, dans la tradition de La Nouvelle-Orléans (« jazz funéraire »), pendant que le cercueil est amené au cimetière. De retour de l'enterrement, le groupe change de style pour adopter le plus habituel et joyeux hot ou Dixieland.
L'un des premiers enregistrements connus est celui du label Paramount, interprété par les Paramount Jubilee Singers et publié en novembre 1923. L'une des interprétations les plus célèbres est celle du jazzman Louis Armstrong, qui l'a enregistré et chanté très souvent au cours de sa carrière, notamment avec Ella Fitzgerald.
Henri Salvador a adapté cette chanson en français, sous le titre Oh ! Quand les Saints, sur des paroles de Boris Vian.
Source : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Saints_Go_Marching_In
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Paroles
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