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Swing Low, sweet chariot,
coming for to carry me home.
Swing Low, sweet chariot,
coming for to carry me home.

Well 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 ...
tell my folks that I'm coming, too ...

If I get there before you do ...
I'll dig a hole and pull you through ...

Jordan River is deep and wide ...
Milk and honey on the other side ...

Jordan River is deep and cold ...
Chills the body but not the soul ...

I'm sometimes up and I'm sometimes down ...
But still my soul feel heavenward bound ...