Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Album: Fisk University Jubilee Singers, Vol. 1 (1847)
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  • Swing low, sweet chariot
    Coming for to carry me home
    Swing low, sweet chariot
    Coming for to carry me home

    I looked over Jordan, and what did I see
    Coming for to carry me home?
    A band of angels coming after me
    Coming for to carry me home

    Sometimes I'm up, and sometimes I'm down
    (Coming for to carry me home)
    But still my soul feels heavenly bound
    (Coming for to carry me home)

    The brightest day that I can say
    (Coming for to carry me home)
    When Jesus washed my sins away
    (Coming for to carry me home)

    If I get there before you do
    (Coming for to carry me home)
    I'll cut a hole and pull you through
    (Coming for to carry me home)

    If you get there before I do
    (Coming for to carry me home)
    Tell all my friends I'm coming too
    (Coming for to carry me home)

    Swing low, sweet chariot
    Coming for to carry me home
    Swing low, sweet chariot
    Coming for to carry me home Lyrics from a song in Public Domain

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  • Terry from Valliant, OkIt was supposedly written at the Clear Creek Watermill near Valliant, OK. Local history says it written by a slave that was owned by the Choctaw Indians. The mill began operations in the early 1800's. That's where I learned to swim.
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