Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is a gospel of Afro American origin inspired by the ascension into the heavens of Prophet Elijah as told in the Bible (2 Kings 2:11). The song was written in 1865 by Wallis Willis and was first recorded by the Fisk Jubilee Singers of Fisk University in 1909.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Lyrics
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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
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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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I’m sometimes up and sometimes down
Coming for to carry me home
But still my soul feels heavenly bound
Coming for to carry me home
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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
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