Saints and patriarchs

And the Bible didn’t mention us, not even once …

“Adam Raised a Cain,” Bruce Springsteen
“Books of Moses,” Tom Waits
“Dig, Lazarus, Dig!” Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
“Go Down Moses,” Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
“Joan of Arc,” Allison Crowe
“John the Revelator,” Blind Willie Johnson
“John the Revelator,” Phil Keaggy
“Judas Cradle,” Sugar
“Judas Skin,” Vigilantes of Love
“Moses,” Melissa Ferrick
“Moses,” Missy Higgins
“Moses,” Nick Giaconia
“Moses,” Patty Griffin
“Noah’s Dove,” 10,000 Maniacs
“Prayer of Saint Francis,” Sarah McLachlan
“Saint Agnes and the Burning Train,” Sting
“Saint Ann’s Gold,” Daniel Lanois
“Saint Augustine in Hell,” Sting
“Saint Cajetan,” Cracker
“Saint Teresa,” Joan Osborne
“Samson,” Regina Spektor
“Solomon Sang,” Cassandra Wilson

The “Saint Agnes” in Sting’s song is apparently a reference to his grandmother and not the saint herself. The Cracker song seems to be an actual prayer to St. Cajetan, patron saint of gamblers and job-seekers. I have no idea what “St. Ann’s Gold” refers to in Daniel Lanois’ song.