Dem Bones

American traditional spiritual song
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q282423
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Dem Bones

Summary

Dem Bones is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (827 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dem Bones's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Dem Bones's composer is recorded as James Weldon Johnson[4].
  • Dem Bones's composer is recorded as J. Rosamond Johnson[5].
  • Dem Bones's genre is spirituals[6].
  • Dem Bones's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Dem Bones's lyricist is recorded as traditional[8].
  • Dem Bones's main subject is human skeleton[9].
  • Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones inspired Dem Bones[10].
  • Dem Bones's title is recorded as Dem Bones[11].
  • Dem Bones's title is recorded as Dry Bones[12].
  • Dem Bones's title is recorded as Dem Dry Bones[13].
  • Dem Bones's different from is recorded as Dry Bones[14].
  • Dem Bones's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 30d24bdd-bb65-42de-95af-2c1f8e587725[17]

Body

Publication

Dem Bones's language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is spirituals[6].

Subject and Themes

Dem Bones's main subject is human skeleton[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones inspired Dem Bones[10].

Why It Matters

Dem Bones ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (827 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Retrieved . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dem-bones_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Dem Bones}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dem-bones}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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