Swing low, sweet chariot,
Comin' for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Comin' for to carry me home.
I looked over Jordan,
And what did I see?
Comin' for to carry me home!
A band of angels comin' after me,
Comin' for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot, ...
If you get there before I do,
Comin' for to carry me home!
Tell all my friends I'm comin' too,
Comin' for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot, ...
The brightest day that ever I saw,
Comin' for to carry me home!
When Jesus washed my sins away,
Comin' for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot, ...
I'm sometimes up an' sometimes down,
Comin' for to carry me home!
But still my soul feels heavenly bound,
Comin' for to carry me home.