Swing Low Sweet Chariot
USA Lyrics
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
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.
Coming for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
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.
History and Meaning
An African-American spiritual. The song was written by Wallace Willis, a Choctaw freedman, in the 19th century. It is also famously associated with English rugby union.