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Definition of When the Saints Go Marching In from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

When the Saints Go Marching In  /ˌwen ðə ˌseɪnts ɡəʊ ˌmɑːtʃɪŋ ˈɪn/  /ˌwen ðə ˌseɪnts ɡəʊ ˌmɑːrtʃɪŋ ˈɪn/ jump to other results

1. one of the best-known traditional Dixielandsongs in the US. It is played every day in the French Quarter of New Orleans. 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.”

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