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Thread #9901   Message #1320148
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
08-Nov-04 - 12:32 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones
Subject: Lyr Add: DRY BONES
And here's another:

Lyr. Add: DRY BONES

God called Ezekiel one mornin'
Go down and prophesy.
Ezekiel taught the Zion the powers of God
And the bones begin to rise
We going to walk around with-a dry bones
Why don't you rise and hear the word of the Lord?

Tell me, how did the bones get together with Ezekiel prophesy?
Well, the toe bone connected to the foot bone,
Lawd, the foot bone connected to the anklebone
Now, don't you know the anklebone connected to the leg bone,
They tell me that the leg bone connected to the knee bone
Lawd, Lawd, the knee bone connected to the thigh bone.

We going to walk again with-a dry bones
We going to walk in the valley with-a dry bones.

Tell me how, did the bones get together with Ezekiel, prophesy?
Well, the thigh bone connected to the hip bone,
Lawd, the hip bone connected to the back bone
They tell me the back bone connected to the shoulder bone
Well, the shoulder bone connected to the neck bone
Lawd, the neck bone connected to the head bone
We going to walk around with-a dry bones
We going to hobble in the valley with those dry bones.

From www.negrospirituals.com. Dry Bones
Several versions, several titles; too many threads. Not known from the 19th century.

threads:
Lyr Req: Head bone connected to the Neck bone
Lyr Req: looking for 'Dem Bones'
Lyr Req: disconnected bones?
dry bones ?? Ink Spots/Mills Brothers
Lyr Req: spirtuals
Tune Req: Ezekiel's Wheel, also Dry Bones
Lyr Req: dem bones, dem bones
Lyr Req: Dem Bones
Lyr/Chords Req: Dem Bones Gonna Rise Again
Lyr Req: Dem Dry Bones
Lyr Req: dry bones?
Lyr Add: Ezekiel's Wheel
Lyr Req: Dry Bones by Bascom Lamar Lunsford

Twelve bones to be connected in the song posted above, twelve threads to be connected (and more?).