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 I am just a lonesome traveler,

 Through this big, wide world of sin;

 Want to join that grand procession,

 When the saints go marching in.

Oh, when the saints

go marching in,

 Oh, when the saints go marching in;

 Lord, I want to be in that number,

 When the saints go marching in.

All my folks have gone before me,

All my friends and all my kin;

But I ll meet with them up yonder,

When the saints go marching in.

Oh, when the saints

go marching in,

 Oh, when the saints go marching in;

 Lord, I want to be in that number,

 When the saints go marching in.

Come and join me in my journey,

Cause it s time that we begin;

And we ll be there for that judgment,

When the saints go marching in.

Oh, when the saints

go marching in,

 Oh, when the saints go marching in;

 Lord, I want to be in that number,

 When the saints go marching in.