Thread: Skeleton song...

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Ok, so at an after party for a zombie walk last year a guy was playing the piano and singing a song that was really neat, but I have no idea what it is. I want to know if it's a song that has been around for a while, or if it may be something of his own.

Its a very slow, creepy song and he sung in a deep voice and the only lyrics I can really remember go something like:
"Rise up old bones, rise up; Pull yourself together..."

It's bugging me like crazy not to know what it is.
Does anyone here know what I am talking about?
If it helps, it sounded like an older song, something that would have been played during a radio theater broadcast.

Read your post the other night and tried searching for those lyrics or part of them with no luck. I do have to admit that I like the overall tone of what you've given us to work from. I hope someone is able to help out because now I'm curious to hear the rest of the lyrics.

Could this have been a dirge possibly?

I don't think it was a dirge. It sounded very much like a Halloween themed song, something that you would hear during October to put you in the Holiday's mood.
I forget how it started out. The lyrics I remember may have been the chorus, or were at least at the point in the song where the chorus usually is.

I took a search and figured the performer could be taking some liberties with the lyrics, and came across this song: "Rise Up Bones" (Song 7 on the first album).

http://www.joserrapere.com/musicframe.php

It's a dark bluesy song that I could definitely see translating well to piano. Not sure if it's the one you're looking for though.

try skeletons in the closet by Louis Armstrong

GobbyGruesome - That's it!!!
That's the song I was looking for!!

That is so awesome that you found it!

Thank You!!!

Yay, I done good. Happy to help.