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Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Day 295 of the American Songbag Stay-at-Home Series

First published by Carl Sandburg in The American Songbag.

Sandburg writes: "The white horses go in a sort of hoof-beat time; the “rassling” of Zek'l with sin is swift and dexterous, as also is his entrance into “heaven. ” It is one of the gayer and more accelerated spirituals, and was heard by Dr. Ernest Horn, head of the College of Education, University of Iowa, when a boy in Missouri. "

ADDITIONAL NOTE: The story of Daniel in the lion's den is found in 6:6-24. There is no explicit reference to Ezekiel wrestling with sin (let alone rolling right into heaven) -- but certainly Ezekiel spent more time than any other prophet wrestling with wild, crazed visions. (The Traditional Ballad Index)
Two White HorsesJoe TurnerSomebodyThe Farmer (The Farmer is the Man)Bury Me Beneath the WillowI Met Her in the Garden Where the Praties GrowThe Streets of LaredoCoon Can (Poor Boy)The Ballet of the Boll WeevilThe Hearse Song BWay Up on Clinch Mountain (A)Death, Aint You Got No Shame
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