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Thread #129086   Message #2920134
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
03-Jun-10 - 08:13 PM
Thread Name: Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers
Subject: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
No. 2. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Chorus:
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.
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.
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.
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.