Swing low, sweet chariot (Traditional)
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Choral version
- Editor: Christopher Hampson (submitted 2018-01-21). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 662 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND
- Arranger: Christopher Hampson
- Edition notes: First performed by the choir of St Mark's Episcopal Chapel, Storrs, CT to commemorate Black History Month. Scored for SATB + soloist(s).
- Editor: Victor Wilburn (submitted 2015-11-13). Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 165 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes:Arrangement of Wallis Willis' classic spiritual for soprano, baritone, and bass, with electric piano accompaniment. Recorded version at external link has a slight ad-lib in one of the soprano voices during the electric piano break.
- Arranger: Victor Wilburn
- Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2015-03-26). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 179 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Arranger: Willem Verkaik
- Editor: Alec Jackson (submitted 2010-05-29). Score information: A4, 7 pages Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Published 1998. SSAA or TTBB. Tiff file: can be sent straight to printer
- Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2010-02-19). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 65 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Arranger: André Vierendeels
- Editor: Hubertus Krämer (submitted 2006-05-03). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 70 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: SATB
- Arranger: Hubertus Krämer
- Editor: Eva Toller (submitted 2004-06-30). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 183 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: SATB. Midi files available for each part
- Arranger: Eva Toller
Solo version
- Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-11). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 125 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes:
- Arranger: Harry T. Burleigh
General Information
Title: Swing low, sweet chariot
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Number of voices: 4 or 1vv Voicings: SSAA, SATB and TTBB or Solo Baritone
Genre: Sacred, Spiritual
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
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
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
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
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