Text: | Swing Low |
Tune: | [I looked over Jordan, and what did I see] |
Adapter: | John W. Work, Jr. |
Adapter: | Frederick J. Work |
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. [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. [Refrain]
3 I’m sometimes up, I'm sometimes down,
Coming for to carry me home;
But still my soul feels heavenly bound,
Coming for to carry me home. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I looked over Jordan, and what did I see |
Title: | Swing Low |
Refrain First Line: | Swing Low, sweet chariot |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2001 |
Topic: | Consecration; Heaven; Spirituals |
Source: | African-American spiritual |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [I looked over Jordan, and what did I see] |
Adapter: | John W. Work, Jr. |
Adapter: | Frederick J. Work |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | African-American spiritual |