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611. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

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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. Oh, [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. Oh, [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. Oh, [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. Oh, [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: 2018
• Scripture:
  2 Kings 2:11
• Topic: The Gospel in the Christian Life: Eternal Life; Freedom; Heaven; Spirituals
• Source: Traditional

Tune Information

• Name: SWING LOW
• Arranger: Robert Nathaniel Dett, 1882-1943
• Meter: LM with refrain
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Negro Spiritual
• Copyright: Arr. © 1935 (renewed), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp.