Who wrote or sung the song "The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone"?

Answer 1

African-American Spiritual in the public domain, based on Ezekiel 37:1-14. In this passage, the prophet Ezekiel visits a valley full of bones and brings them to life simply by mentioning the Lord.
Also known as "Dry Bones" or "Dem Dry Bones," the song has become a staple of children's music to teach the parts of the body. The popular tune associated with it was written by James Weldon Johnson and these lyrics are by his brother J. Rosamund Johnson:

Ezekiel connected dem dry bones
Ezekiel connected dem dry bones
Ezekiel connected dem dry bones
I hear the word of the Lord.
Your toe bone connected to your foot bone,
Your foot bone connected to your ankle bone,
Your ankle bone connected to your leg bone,
Your leg bone connected to your knee bone,
Your knee bone connected to your thigh bone,
Your thigh bone connected to your hip bone,
Your hip bone connected to your back bone,
Your back bone connected to your shoulder bone,
Your shoulder bone connected to your neck bone,
Your neck bone connected to your head bone,
I hear the word of the Lord!

Dem bones, dem bones gonna walk aroun'
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna walk aroun'
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna walk aroun'
I hear the word of the Lord!

Disconnect dem bones, dem dry bones
Disconnect dem bones, dem dry bones
Disconnect dem bones, dem dry bones
I hear the word of the Lord!

Your head bone connected from your neck bone,
Your neck bone connected from your shoulder bone,
Your shoulder bone connected from your back bone,
Your back bone connected from your hip bone,
Your hip bone connected from your thigh bone,
Your thigh bone connected from your knee bone,
Your knee bone connected from your leg bone,
Your leg bone connected from your ankle bone,
Your ankle bone connected from your foot bone,
Your foot bone connected from your toe bone,
I hear the word of the Lord!
I hear the word of the Lord!

This song has appeared in numerous television shows, including The Prisoner (in the episode "Fallout," a recording by the Four Lads, a Toronto vocal group, from their 1962 album, Dixieland Doin's) and Dennis Potter's television miniseries The Singing Detective (an early episode features Marlowe hallucinating a Broadway style dance number performed by hospital staff, to a recording of this song by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians).

Answer 2

Dem Bones Song

Answer 3

The song is called "Dem Bones" or "Dem Dry Bones" and the melody was written by James Weldon Johnson, and the lyrics by his brother, J. Rosamund Johnson.

Answer 4

The tune was wriiten by James Weldon Johnson but the Lyrics were written by his brotherJ. Rosamund Johnson!!!! I have this on a record from when I was a child.

Answer 5

The original is from about 60 years ago. Don't remember for sure who wrote it but it was performed by Spike Jones and his band.

Answer 6

Bum stiggedy bum stiggedy bum, hon, I got the old pa-rum-pum-pum-pum But I can fe-fi-fo-fum, diddly-bum, here I come So peter piper, Im hyper than pinochios nose Im the supercalafragilistic tic-tac pro I gave my oopsy, daisy, now youve got the crazy Crazy with the books, googley-goo wheres the gravy So one two, unbuckle my, um shoe Yabba doo, hippity-hoo, crack a brew So trick or treat, smell my feet, yup I drippedy-dropped a hit So books get on your mark and spark that old censorship Drats and double drats, I smiggedy-smacked some whiz kids The boogedy-woogedly brooklyn boys about to get his, dig My waist bones connected to my hip bone My hip bones connected to my thigh bone My thigh bones connected to my knee bone My knee bones connected to my hardy-har-har-har The jibbedy-jabber jaw ja-jabbing at your funny bone, um Skip the ovaltine, Id rather have a honeycomb Or preferably the sesame, lets spiggedy-spark the blunts, um Dun dun dun dun dun, dun dun They want efx, some live efx They want efx, some live efx They want efx, some live efx Snap a neck for some live efx Well Ill be darned, shiver me timbers, yo head for the hills I picked a weeping willow, and a daffodil So back up bucko or Ill pulverize mcgruff cause this little piggy gets busy and stuff Arrivederci, heavens to mercy, honky tonk I get swift I caught a snuffleufagus and smoked a boogaloo spliff I got the nooks, the cranies, the nitty gritty fodey-doe All aboard, cast away, hey wheres my boogaloo? Oh Im steaming, agony Whys everybody always picking on me They call me puddin tane, and raps my game You ask me again and Ill t-tell you the same cause Im the vulgar vegemintarian, so stick em up freeze So no park sausages, mom, please A-blitz shoots the breeze, twiddly-dee shoots his lip Crazy dazy shot the sheriff, yup and I shot the gift And thats pretty sneaky, sis oh yep I got my socks off, my rocks off, my nestles cup of cocoa Holly hobby tried to slob me, tried to rob me silly stunt Diggedy-dun dun dun dun dun, dun dun They want efx, some live efx They want efx, some live efx They want efx, some live efx Snap a neck for some live efx Yahoo, hidee-ho yup Im coming around the stretch So here fido boy, fetch, boy, fetch I got the rope-a-dope a slippery choker, look at me get raw And Im the hickory-dickory top of morning boogoloo big jaw With the yippedy zippedy winnie the pooh bad boy blue, Yo crazy got the gusto, what up, I swing that too So nincompoop give a hoot and stomp a troop without a strain Like roscoe b. coltrane I spiggedy-spark a spiff and give a twist like chubby checker I take my froot loops with two scoops, make it double decker Oh vince, the baby come to papa duke A babaloo, ooh, a babaloo boogedy boo I went from gucci to stussy, to fliggedy-flam a groupie To zsa zsa, to yibbedy-yabba dabba hoochie koochie Tally ho i-Ill take my stove top instead of potatoes, so Maybe Ill shoot em now, nope maybe Ill shoot em later, yep I used to have a dog and bingo was his name oh, so uh B - I - n - g - o-oh You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around, hon, so uh Dun dun dun dun dun, dun dun They want efx, some live efx They want efx, some live efx They want efx, some live efx Snap a neck for some live efx

Answer 7

motley Crue

Answer 8

James Weldon Johnson and it is based on Ezekiel 37:14


Ezekiel connected dem dry bones
Ezekiel connected dem dry bones
Ezekiel connected dem dry bones
I hear the word of the Lord.
Your toe bone connected to your foot bone,
Your foot bone connected to your ankle bone,
Your ankle bone connected to your leg bone,
Your leg bone connected to your knee bone,
Your knee bone connected to your thigh bone,
Your thigh bone connected to your hip bone,
Your hip bone connected to your back bone,
Your back bone connected to your shoulder bone,
Your shoulder bone connected to your neck bone,
Your neck bone connected to your head bone,
I hear the word of the Lord!

Dem bones, dem bones gonna walk aroun'
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna walk aroun'
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna walk aroun'
I hear the word of the Lord!

Disconnect dem bones, dem dry bones
Disconnect dem bones, dem dry bones
Disconnect dem bones, dem dry bones
I hear the word of the Lord!

Your head bone connected from your neck bone,
Your neck bone connected from your shoulder bone,
Your shoulder bone connected from your back bone,
Your back bone connected from your hip bone,
Your hip bone connected from your thigh bone,
Your thigh bone connected from your knee bone,
Your knee bone connected from your leg bone,
Your leg bone connected from your ankle bone,
Your ankle bone connected from your foot bone,
Your foot bone connected from your toe bone,
I hear the word of the Lord!
I hear the word of the Lord!

Answer 9

Raffi probly did it

Answer 10

it was I who is called I am!muh ha ha ha!