FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• none

Tour(s) on which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1)

• October-December, 1972 (Petit Wazoo)—known performances: 1
• September-October, 1974 (MOI European Tour)—known quotations: 2

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Foggy G, "The Songs That Were Played," We're Only In It For The Touring

1972: After tearing through a quick performance of "Caravan (with a drum solo)" at the 11/11 early show, the band dives into a festive and chaotic rendition of this tune. It lasts approximately a minute, before Frank conducts the band into a noisy frenzy and then ends the tune coldly.

Marc De Bruyn (emdebe@village.uunet.be), August 31, 2003

"When the Saints Go Marching In" is a typical American spiritual (religious songs of African-Americans, often written with freer rhythms and harmonies than most standard hymns), one of the best-known songs played by Dixieland bands (a kind of jazz originating in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early twentieth century; the rhythms of Dixieland are usually rapid, and it generally includes many improvised sections for individual instruments). Spirituals, many of which go back to the days of slavery, often speak of biblical models of deliverance, like the Exodus. Some other well-known spirituals are "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho", "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen", and "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot".

"When the Saints Go Marching In" has been performed and recorded by many artists: Beatles, Big Bill Broonzy, Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Golden Gate Quartet, Harry Belafonte, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Kingston Trio, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lionel Hampton, Little Richard, Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Mahalia Jackson, Sidney Bechet, Sleepy John Estes, Trini Lopez, ...

"We are trav'ling in the footsteps of those who've gone before, and we'll all be reunited on a new and sunlit shore. Oh, when the saints go marching in, oh, when the saints go marching in, Lord how I want to be in that number when the saints go marching in. And when the sun begins to shine, and when the sun begins to shine, Lord, how I want to be in that number when the sun begins to shine. Oh, when the saints go marching in, oh, when the saints go marching in, Lord how I want to be in that number when the saints go marching in. Oh, when the trumpet sounds its call, oh, when the trumpet sounds its call, Lord, how I want to be in that number when the trumpet sounds its call. Oh, when the saints go marching in, oh, when the saints go marching in, Lord, how I want to be in that number when the saints go marching in."