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| Text: | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot |
| Tune: | SWING LOW |
| Arranger: | Robert Nathaniel Dett, 1882-1943 |
Refrain:
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
1 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. O, [Refrain]
2 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. O, [Refrain]
3 The brightest day that ever I saw
Coming for to carry me home.
When Jesus washed my sins away,
Coming for to carry me home. O, [Refrain]
4 I’m sometimes up and sometimes down,
Coming for to carry me home.
But still my soul feels heav'nly bound,
Coming for to carry me home. O, [Refrain]
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | I looked over Jordan, and what did I see |
| Title: | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot |
| Refrain First Line: | Swing low, sweet chariot |
| Meter: | LM with refrain |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2012 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | All Souls: November 2nd; Funeral: Sacraments; Comfort (10 more...) |
| Source: | Traditional |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SWING LOW |
| Arranger: | Robert Nathaniel Dett, 1882-1943 |
| Meter: | LM with refrain |
| Key: | F Major |
| Source: | Negro Spiritual |
| Copyright: | arr. © 1936 (renewed), Paul A. Schmitt Music Co., c/o Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. |
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