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Text:Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Tune:SWING LOW
Arranger:William Farley Smith, 1941-1997

470. 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, I'm sometimes down,
Coming for to carry me home:
But still my soul feels heavenly bound,
Coming for to carry me home. [Refrain]

4 The brightest day that I can say,
Coming for to carry me home;
When Jesus washed my sins away,
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
Meter: 10.8.10.8 with Refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 2007
Scripture:
Topic: Eternal Life; Funeral; Salvation
Source: Spiritual
Tune Information
Name: SWING LOW
Arranger: William Farley Smith, 1941-1997
Meter: 10.8.10.8 with Refrain
Key: F Major
Source: Spiritual
Copyright: Adapt. and arr. © 1989, The United Methodist Publishing House (Admin. The Copyright Company)



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