Dry Bones

Written by: [Traditional]
Language: English
Comments: African-American gospel song derived from imagery in Ezekiel 37, 1-4. It is noted in ""Negro Spirituals from the Far South" by A. E. Perkins in The Journal of American Folklore in 1927 on page 242.

Ezekiel connected dem dry bones (2x)
Ezekiel in the Valley of Dry Bones,
Now hear the word of the Lord.

NOTE: Not to be confused with a different song called Dry Bones which has the chorus "I saw, I saw the light from heaven, Shining all around. I saw the light come shining. I saw the light come down..."
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Versions

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Dry Bones	The Merry Macs	1940
Dry Bones	Six Hits and a Miss with Their Ochestra	1940
Dry Bones	The Delta Rhythm Boys	January 1941
Dry Bones	Thrasher Wonders	1946
Dry Bones	Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians	July 1947
Dry Bones	Gene Rayburn and Dee Finch	August 1951
Dry Bones	The Ames Brothers	March 1952
Dry Bones	The Mariners	December 1955
Dry Bones	Jon and Sondra Steele	1956
Dry Bones	Kay Starr	June 20, 1958
Dry Bones	The Robert Shaw Chorale	1958
Dry Bones	Four Lads	1961
Dry Bones	The Beelzebubs of Tufts University	1964	A cappella
Dry Bones	The Wiggles	September 5, 2007	Unverified

Dry Bones written by [Traditional] instrumental

	Title	Performer	Release date
i	Dry Bones	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra	August 1949
i	Dry Bones	Margie Meinert	1957
i	Dry Bones	Ray Anthony	June 1959
i	Dry Bones	Bill Black's Combo	May 1960