Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot was arranged for the Dale Warland Singers in 1994. The last verse is lifted from an arrangement of the tune I had done some years earlier for flute quartet, which accounts for the rather startling leaps in the women’s voices.

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.

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.

I’m sometimes up and sometimes down,
Comin’ for to carry me home,
But still my soul feels heavenly bound,
Comin’ for to carry me home.