|
Dese Bones Shall Rise Again/Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again/Dem Bones Gonna Rise Again/
See Also: Creation
NOTE: This is not "Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones" but a different song about Adam and Eve.
Traditional Spiritual; Published as Jubilee Song with Words and Music by George W. Scott 1880
ARTIST: With musical score, 2/2, pp. 470-471, Carl Sandburg, 1927, "The American Songbag," Harcourt, Brace & o., New York.
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgVdWii47rk
SHEET MUSIC:
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; 1880 George W. Scott; Recorded 1927 Frank and James McCravy
RECORDING INFO: Dese Bones Goin' to Rise Again [Laws I18/Me I-B125]
At - These Bones Going/Gonna to Rise Again
Lomax, J. A. & A. Lomax / American Ballads and Folk Songs, MacMillan, Bk (1934), p597
Laws, G. Malcolm / Native American Balladry, Amer. Folklore Society, Bk (1964/1950), p255
Sandburg, Carl (ed.) / American Songbag, Harcourt, Sof (1955/1928), p470
Lynn, Frank (ed.) / Songs for Swinging Housemothers, Fearon, Sof (1963/1961), p309 (These Bones Going/Gonna to Rise Again)
Best, Dick & Beth (eds.) / New Song Fest Deluxe, Hansen, Sof (1971/1948), p146
Lomax, Alan / Folksongs of North America, Doubleday Dolphin, Sof (1975/1960), p476/#249
Belleville A Cappella Choir. Southern Journey. Vol. 11: Honor the Lamb, Rounder 1711, CD (1998), trk# 12 [1960/04/28] (Creation)
Fairfield Four. I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray, Warner 46686-2, CD (1997), trk# 2 (These Bones)
Hudson, Ophelia. Solomon, Jack & Olivia (eds.) / Sweet Bunch of Daisies, Colonial Press, Bk (1991), p225 [1938ca] (Dry Bones Gonna/Gwiner Rise Again)
Seekers. Seekers, Pickwick SPC-3068, LP (197?), trk# A.05
Song Spinners. Johnson, Margaret & Travis (eds) / Early American Songs from ... the Spi, AMP, Fol (1943), #22
Lonesome Pine Twins (McCravy), DE'S BONES GWINE RISE AGAIN, Supertone for Sears 2020, Jan 1928.
Jubilee Gospel Team, THESE BONES GONNA RISE AGAIN, QRS 7013, recorded Sept 1928.
Southern Plantation Singers, DE'S BONES GWINE RISE AGAIN, Vocalion 1219, recorded Sept 26, 1928.
Ranking Bros, THESE BONES GONNA RISE AGAIN, Conqueror 7276, recorded Apr 10, 1929.
Frank & James McCravy, DESE BONES GWINE RISE AGAIN, Banner 32243, Sept 1930.
David & Howard, MY BONES GONNA RISE AGAIN, Victor 23577, recorded May 19, 1931.
Arthur Cornwall & John Gibson, MY BONES IS GONNA RISE AGAIN, Champion 16379, recorded Dec 7, 1931.
Hartman's Tennessee Ramblers, DESE BONES GONNA RISE AGAIN, Bluebird 6089, recorded Aug 04, 1935.
Swan Silvertone Singers, THESE BONES GWINE RISE AGAIN, Queen 4137, recorded July 1946.
Spencers Minstrels, DESE BONES SHALL RISE AGAIN, Leeds & Catlin 4075, date unknown.
Silver Echo Quartet, THEM BONES SHALL RISE AGAIN, Arco 1201, date unknown.
RECORDING INFO: Dem Bones (Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones)
Group of African-Americans. Lomax, John A. & Alan Lomax / Our Singing Country, MacMillan, Sof (2000/1941), p 23 [1933]
RECORDING INFO: Dry Bones [Me III-C 60]
Lloyd, A. L. & Isabel Arete de Ramon y Rivera (eds.) / Folk Songs of the, Oak, Sof (1966), # 63
Herder, Ronald (ed.) / 500 Best-Loved Song Lyrics, Dover dn500/500, Sof (1998), p 89
Cook, Judy. Far from the Lowlands, Cook CEI-JC02-0005, CD (2000), trk# 19
Hayes, Roland. My Songs, Vanguard VRS- 494, LP (1956), trk# A.05
Lunsford, Bascom Lamar. Anthology of American Folk Music, Smithsonian/Folkways SFW 40090, CD( (1997), trk# 51 [1928/02]
Lunsford, Bascom Lamar. Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Smithsonian SF 40082, CD (1996), trk# 11 [1928/02]
Redpath, Jean; and Lisa Neustadt. Angels Hovering Round, Fretless 138, LP (1978), trk# A.04
Rustical Quality String Band. Rustical Quality String Band, Red Dog RD 8312, LP (1983), trk# B.07
Dry Bones Gonna/Gwiner Rise Again
OTHER NAMES: "These Bones Gonna Rise Again"
RELATED TO: "Dry Bones" "Dem Bones" "Dem Dry Bones" "Bones, Bones, Bones (Ezekiel In the Valley)"
SOURCES: Folk index; Carl Sandburg, 1927, "The American Songbag," Harcourt, Brace & o., New York.
NOTES: "Dese Bones Shall Rise Again" is a jubilee song written or arranged by George W. Scott and published in Boston: John F. Perry & Co., 1880. It became a traditional gospel campsong that was collected Carl Sandburg's 1927, "The American Songbag," Harcourt, Brace & o., New York. It's a call and response gospel song that's related but a different song from "Dem Bones (Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones)" or "Dry Bones" (see versions and info below). It does not try and teach the connection of different bones and is instead a song usually about Adam and Eve. The chorus today(when sung) is similarly:
Chorus: I know it brother, brother,
Indeed I know it brother, I know it- Hey!
Dem bones gonna rise again.
The Seekers version, These Bones Are Gonna Rise Again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnGHWcrk4oQ&feature=related is a one-part song without a second part. They sing for the chorus:
Don't I know it, didn't I know it
These bones are gonna rise again
Several versions were collected and printed in N. I. White, 1928, "American Negro Folk-Songs" and The Brown Collection of NC Folklore under the title, "Creation," because the song is usually about Adam and Eve.
Another early version is "Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again" found in Carl Sandburg, 1927, "The American Songbag," Harcourt, Brace & o., New York. It was recorded as "These Bones Gonna Rise Again" in 1927 by Frank and James McCravy. The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet recorded it in 1939 as "Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again."
The song was first published with words and music by George W. Scott in 1880:
DESE BONES SHALL RISE AGAIN- George W. Scott
Boston: John F. Perry & Co., 1880.
1. Oh, young children, don't be shamed
Dese bones shall rise again.
To deny your father's name.
Dese bones shall rise again.
Judgment day is rollin' round.
Dese bones shall rise again.
When de gospel trumpet it shall sound.
Dese bones shall rise again.
CHORUS: Den I know, I do know, children,
I know dat dese bones shall rise again.
Den I know, I do know, children,
I know dat dese bones shall rise again.
2. Some dese mornin's bright and fair,
Dese bones shall rise again.
We'll meet de Lord up in de air.
Dese bones shall rise again.
I know my back's chock full ob sin.
Dese bones shall rise again.
I know Uncle Pete's gwine to let me in.
Dese bones shall rise again.
3. Come, ye children, go wid me.
Dese bones shall rise again.
I'se gwine whar de Lord will sot us free.
Dese bones shall rise again.
I'll shake de dust right off my feet,
Dese bones shall rise again.
And walk up and down dem golden streets.
Dese bones shall rise again.
Whether Scott wrote this or merely arranged a version he heard is unknown. It's simply an old jubilee song from the late 1800s when jubilee songs like "Climbin' Up De Golden Stairs" were popular.
The related but different bones songs with are "Dem Bones," "Dry Bones" or "Dem Dry Bones" used allegedly to teach basic anatomy to children (although its description is not anatomically correct). The melody has been attributed to African-American author, collector and songwriter James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) who published a version in 1925. Two versions of this traditional song are used widely, the second an abridgement of the first. The lyrics are based on Ezekiel 37:1-14, where the prophet visits the Valley of Dry Bones and causes them to become alive by God's command.
The chorus of the song is as follows:
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones.
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones.
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones.
Now hear the word of the Lord.
Followed by the verses:
Toe bone connected to the foot bone
Foot bone connected to the leg bone
Leg bone connected to the knee bone...
|