Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Traditional (African American Spiritual)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Swing low, sweet ,
Coming for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
I looked over , and what did I see,
Coming for to carry me home,
A of angels coming after me,
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.
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About this Song
Composed within the oral tradition of enslaved African Americans in the 19th century; public domain, first published in Slave Songs of the United States (1867).