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"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is an American spiritual folk song.

1 History

During the period of slavery in the United States prior to the Civil War, slaves sang some spiritual songs that bore hidden, non-religious content. The hidden content of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" was to encourage other slaves that the ' Chariot’ drivers ( Underground Railroad ‘conductors’) would someday enable their safe escape to worldy freedom in the North. [1]

2 Lyrics

Lyrics are as follows:

Chorus (in bold):

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

(Chorus)

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

(Chorus)

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

(Chorus)

3 External link

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