Lyr. Add: O Lord dese bones of mine comin' together in de mornin'
St. Helena Island spiritual

1
O Lawd dese bones ob mine,
O Lawd dese bones ob mine,
O Lawd dese bones ob mine,
Comin' togeder in de mornin'.
Some join de church to sing and shout
Comin' togeder in de mornin',
Befo' six months dey all turned out
Comin' togeder in de mornin'.
2
I look at me hand me hand look new
Comin' togeder in de mornin'
I look at me foot it look so too
Comin' togeder in de mornin'.

No. 86, with musical score 4/4, pp. 70-71, Nicholas George Julius Ballanta-(Taylor), 1924, "Saint Helena Island Spirituals," recorded and transcribed at Penn Normal Industrial School, St. Helena Island, Beaufort Co., South Carolina. G. Schirmer, Inc., NY.

The "Dry Bones," R, M. Kennedy, "Mellows," in the DT, is related.

The "Dem Bones," and "Dese Bones," enumerating the bones of the body, seem to be a later development of gospel origin. A full and earlier version of the one beloved of the gospel quartets was printed in Sandburg, 1927- it does not seem to have been entered the Mudcat precincts.