Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
from the MMF! Songbook

History
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot a United States Negro spiritual, was composed by Wallis Willis around 1862. The Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts have included it in the list of Songs of the Century.

Lyrics
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home,
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.

I look'd over Jordan
An' what did I see,
Coming for to carry me home,
A band of angels comin' 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 comin' there too
Coming for to carry me home.

Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home,
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.

Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home,
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.

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