Dry Bones

Album: Dry Bones (1905)
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  • Them bones them bones them dry bones
    Them bones them bones them dry bones
    Them bones them bones them dry bones
    Now shake them skeleton bones

    The toe bone's connected to the foot bone
    The foot bone's connected to the ankle bone
    The ankle bone's connected to the leg bone
    Now shake them skeleton bones

    The leg bone's connected to the knee bone
    The knee bone's connected to the thigh bone
    The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone
    Now shake them skeleton bones

    Them bones them bones them dry bones
    Them bones them bones them dry bones
    Them bones them bones them dry bones
    Now shake them skeleton bones

    The hip bone's connected to the back bone
    The back bone's connected to the neck bone
    The neck bone's connected to the head bone
    Now shake them skeleton bones

    The finger bone's connected to the hand bone
    The hand bone's connected to the arm bone
    The arm bone's connected to the shoulder bone
    Now shake them skeleton bones

    Them bones them bones gonna walk around
    Them bones them bones gonna walk around
    Them bones them bones gonna walk around
    Now shake them skeleton bones Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Edward Pearce from Ashford, Kent, EnglandEisso, The version of Dry Bones in The Singing Detective was by Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians.
  • Eisso from Groningen, NetherlandsWhat was the version used in 'The singing detective'? It was less smooth than this one and I loved it.
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