Two White Horses
Channel: Stephen Griffith
Date: 07/01/2021

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)