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Stewie Lyr Add: Ezekiel (swing down) (18) Lyr Add: VALLEY OF THE DRY BONES 29 Nov 99


Chet, sorry I can't be of assistance to you. I have several versions of 'Ezekiel Saw the Wheel', but not the one you want.

However, I can satisfy Chet's request. This is my transcription of the song:

VALLEY OF THE DRY BONES

Well Ezekiel was in the valley
On the Lord's day
Well God told Ezekiel to prophesy
Now hear ye the word of the lord

Verse 1 repeated

My lord he called Ezekiel as the son of man
(Mmmmm)
To preach the gospel to the sinful man
(Mmmmm)
The people of Israel they got so wicked
(Mmmmm)
My God stopped and he calls Ezekiel
Sayin', hey Ezekiel got to prophesy
The wicked man is born to die

Ezekiel went down into Israel land
To preach the gospel to the sinful man
But the people of Israel they would not hear
So my God says the time is near
Gonna make me a city in my own way For a nation of people that will obey
So God he came in the middle of the night
Destroyed that city with all his might
He put Ezekiel in the valley prophesying
Saying, hear ye the word of the lord

Now the toe and the foot bone join together
And the foot and the ankle bone join together
And the ankle and the leg bone join together
And the leg and the knee bone join together
And the knee and the thigh bone join together
And the thigh and the hip bone join together
Now hear ye the word of the lord
Ezekiel in the valley (of dry bones) (x 4)
Now hear ye the word of the lord

Now Ezekiel he raised up his head
(Now the finger and the hand bone join together)
He found he was lying among the dead
(Hand and the wrist bone join together)
Well God said Ezekiel can these bones live
(Wrist and the arm bone join together)
Ezekiel said, God if it is thy will (all)
Then he began to prophesy
(Arm and the (?) bone join together)
They tell me that the bones began to rise
( (?) and the muscle bone join together)
He prophesied high up to the wind
(Muscle and the shoulder bone join together)
Blow your breath in the bones that they might live (all)
(Shoulder and the collar bone join together)
And then the bones began to walk
(Collar and the neck bone join together)
Oh they stood on the ground and began to talk
(Neck and the skull bone join together)
Ezekiel, he said – said ye dry bones
Won't ye hear ye the word of the lord
Ezekiel in the valley (of dry bones) (x4)
Now hear ye the word of the lord (x2)

The parts in brackets are sung almost simultaneously with the lead singer. I can't decipher what they're singing for the 'elbow' line - could be 'bow bone, but sounds like moe bone. No attribution is given for the song except 'From The Little Wonders'. My source is Red Clay Ramblers 'It Ain't Right' Flying Fish CD FF70334.

Regards, Stewie.


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