703: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
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.
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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.
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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.
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4 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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| Text information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | I looked over Jordan, and what did I see |
| Title: | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot |
| Publication Date: | 1989 |
| Meter: | 10 8.10 8 with Refrain |
| Scripture: | 2 Kingdoms 2:11 |
| Topic: | Eternal Life; The Sacraments and Rites of the Church | Funeral and Memorial Service; New Heaven and a New Earth | Death and Eternal Life; Heaven; Jesus Christ | Atonement |
| Source: | Afro-American spiritual |
| Language: | English |
| Refrain First Line: | Swing low, sweet chariot |
| Tune information | |
|---|---|
| Tune name: | SWING LOW |
| Adapter and Arranger: | William Farley Smith (1987) |
| Meter: | 10 8.10 8 with Refrain |
| Key: | F Major |
| Source: | Afro-American spiritual |
| Copyright: | Adapt. and arr. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House |
