Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#218

218. 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. [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 and sometimes down,
Coming for to carry me home,
But still my soul feels heavenly bound,
Coming for to carry me home. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: I looked over Jordan and what did I see?
• Title: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• Refrain First Line: Swing low, sweet chariot
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  2 Kings 2:11
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 8
• Source: Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, 1872
• Notes: Text and tune Swing Low, African American spiritual, from Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University (1872). By one account, the song was taught to the Jubilee Singers by Alexander Reid, who learned it from a former slave, Wallace Willis.

Tune Information

• Name: SWING LOW
• Incipit: 31311 65
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, 1872