<Dd> Response: Oh when the Saints! </Dd> <P> The response verses can echo the same melody or form a counterpoint melody, often syncopated opposite the rhythm of the main verses, and a solo singer might sing another counterpoint melody (solo soprano or tenor) as a 3rd part in more complex arrangements . </P> <P> The song is apocalyptic, taking much of its imagery from the Book of Revelation, but excluding its more horrific depictions of the Last Judgment . The verses about the Sun and Moon refer to Solar and Lunar eclipses; the trumpet (of the Archangel Gabriel) is the way in which the Last Judgment is announced . As the hymn expresses the wish to go to Heaven, picturing the saints going in (through the Pearly Gates), it is entirely appropriate for funerals . </P> <Ul> <Li> First recorded by the Paramount Jubilee Singers on Paramount 12073, mid-November 1923 . This group may be related to the Elkins - Payne Jubilee Singers . </Li> <Li> Four Harmony Kings, Vocalion 14941, mid-November 1924 . </Li> <Li> Elkins - Payne Jubilee Singers, Okeh 8170 . c. November 24, 1924 . </Li> <Li> Bo Weavil Jackson, c . August 1926 in Chicago, IL, under the title "When the Saints Come Marching Home", Paramount 12390 </Li> <Li> Recorded by bluesman Sleepy John Estes accompanied by second guitar and kazoo for Bluebird Records in Chicago, 1941 </Li> <Li> This song is available in the Elvis Presley compilation Peace in the Valley: The Complete Gospel Recordings . Sony BMG / Elvis Music </Li> </Ul>

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