<P> The origins of this song are unclear . It apparently evolved in the early 1900s from a number of similarly titled gospel songs including `` When the Saints Are Marching In '' ( 1896 ) and `` When the Saints March In for Crowning '' ( 1908 ) . The first known recorded version was in 1923 by the Paramount Jubilee Singers on Paramount 12073 . Although the title given on the label is `` When All the Saints Come Marching In '' , the group sings the modern lyrics beginning with `` When the saints go marching in '' . No author is shown on the label . Several other gospel versions were recorded in the 1920s , with slightly varying titles but using the same lyrics , including versions by The Four Harmony Kings ( 1924 ) , Elkins - Payne Jubilee Singers ( 1924 ) , Wheat Street Female Quartet ( 1925 ) , Bo Weavil Jackson ( 1926 ) , Deaconess Alexander ( 1926 ) , Rev. E.D. Campbell ( 1927 ) , Robert Hicks ( AKA Barbecue Bob , 1927 ) , Blind Willie Davis ( 1928 ) , and the Pace Jubilee Singers ( 1928 ) . </P>
<P> The origins of this song are unclear . It apparently evolved in the early 1900s from a number of similarly titled gospel songs including `` When the Saints Are Marching In '' ( 1896 ) and `` When the Saints March In for Crowning '' ( 1908 ) . The first known recorded version was in 1923 by the Paramount Jubilee Singers on Paramount 12073 . Although the title given on the label is `` When All the Saints Come Marching In '' , the group sings the modern lyrics beginning with `` When the saints go marching in '' . No author is shown on the label . Several other gospel versions were recorded in the 1920s , with slightly varying titles but using the same lyrics , including versions by The Four Harmony Kings ( 1924 ) , Elkins - Payne Jubilee Singers ( 1924 ) , Wheat Street Female Quartet ( 1925 ) , Bo Weavil Jackson ( 1926 ) , Deaconess Alexander ( 1926 ) , Rev. E.D. Campbell ( 1927 ) , Robert Hicks ( AKA Barbecue Bob , 1927 ) , Blind Willie Davis ( 1928 ) , and the Pace Jubilee Singers ( 1928 ) . </P>
who wrote when the saints go marching in lyrics
who wrote when the saints go marching in lyrics
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