Lift Every Voice and Sing II 18
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Tune
- [i looked over jordan, and what did i see]
- Composer(s)
- R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943)
- Text Source(s)
- Traditional
- Tune Source(s)
- Negro Spiritual
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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. [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 The brightest day that ever I saw Coming for to carry me home. When Jesus wash’d my sins away, Coming for to carry me home. (refrain)
4 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. [Refrain]