MAY 2009
Download: Dry_Bones.mp3
Originally recorded by Bascom Lamar Lunsford - February 1928 in Ashland, Kentucky. I learned this song from the Harry Smith Anthology. What I love most about it is its melodic chorus. Although Lunsford simply accompanied himself on banjo, I’ve added guitar and mandolin to my recording.
Lyrics
Roughly in the key of G#
Oh Enoch he lived to be, three hundred and sixty-five
When the Lord came and took him, back to heaven alive
I saw
I saw the light from heaven, a-shining all around
I saw the light come shining, I saw that light come down
When Paul sleeping in prison them prison walls fell down
The prison keeper shouted “Praise King and love I’ve found!”
I saw
I saw the light from heaven, a-shining all around
I saw the light come shining, I saw the light come down
When Moses saw that-a burning bush, he walk-ed round and round
Then the Lord said to Moses “You’s treadin’ holy ground.”
I saw
I saw the light from heaven, a-shining all around
I saw the light come shining, I saw the light come down
Dry bones in that valley, got up and took a little walk
The deaf could hear and the dumb could talk
I saw
I saw the light from heaven, a-shining all around
I saw the light come shining, I saw the light come down
Adam and Eve in the garden, under that sycamore tree
Eve said “Adam, a Satan is a-temptin’ me.
I saw
I saw the light from heaven, a-shining all around
I saw the light come shining, I saw the light come down
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Roger McGuinn - McGuinn Music (BMI)
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