Dry Bones

General Information
Performer: Bascom Lamar Lunsford

Instrumentation: Banjo

Date of recording: 1928

Record label: Brunswick

Serial #: 314 (140)

Summary
(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music) "ENOCH, 365, TO HEAVEN ALIVE. PAUL PRAYED; PRISON WALLS DOWN. MOSES SAW BURNING BUSH; LORD SPOKE. BONES WALK, DEAF HEAR, DUMB TALK. EVE, UNDER SYCAMORE TREE SAYS "SATAN TEMPTING ME." LIGHT, FROM HEAVEN (SHINING ALL AROUND) COME DOWN." (10)

Information On This Song
The tune of this song is probably of secular origin.

Albums Featuring This Song

 * The Anthology Of American Folk Music
 * Ballads, Banjo Tunes And Sacred Songs Of Western North Carolina
 * Serenade The Mountains
 * The Half Ain't Never Been Told (album)
 * Goodbye, Babylon (album)

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