|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
"BLACK SPIRITUAL: SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT (1)", by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN
First Line: "swing low, sweet chariot"
Last Line: Coming for to carry me home
Variant Title(s): "swing Low, Sweet Chariot;
Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;american Civil War;black Songs;homecoming;u.s. - History; Negro Spirituals
First Line: "swing low, sweet chariot"
Last Line: Coming for to carry me home
Variant Title(s): "swing Low, Sweet Chariot;
Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;american Civil War;black Songs;homecoming;u.s. - History; Negro Spirituals
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.
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.
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home,
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
A NEGRO SONG OF HOME by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING
PLANTATION HYMN by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
DERE'S NO HIDIN' PLACE DOWN DERE by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN
NOBODY KNOWS DE TROUBLE I'VE HAD by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN
WERE YOU THERE WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED MY LORD by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN
"BLACK SPIRITUAL: ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL" by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN
"BLACK SPIRITUAL: SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT (2)" by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN
TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS