Tuesday 23 October 2012

"Dry Bones" is a folk song, included in Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music


Old Enoch he lived to be three-hundred and sixty-five
When the Lord came and took him back to heaven alive.
Chorus:
I saw, I saw the light from heaven
Shining all around.
I saw the light come shining.
I saw the light come down.
Paul bound in prison, them prison walls fell down[3]
The prison keeper shouted, “Redeeming Love I’ve found.”
When Moses saw that a-burning bush he walked it round and round.
And the Lord said, “Moses, you’s treading holy ground.
Dry bones in that valley got up and took a little walk.
The deaf could hear, and the dumb could talk.
Adam and Eve in the garden under that sycamore tree.
Eve said, “Adam, Old Satan is a-tempting me.”