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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Traditional)

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Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-11).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 125 kbytes   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central.

General Information

Title: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Composer: Harry T. Burleigh
Lyricist: Traditional

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Solo Baritone
Genre: Secular, Spiritual

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

Published: Individual song, © 1917 G. Ricordi & Co.

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Original text and translations

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Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
I look’d over Jordan what did I see,
Coming for to carry me home?
A band of angels coming after me,
Coming for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
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