Dears Jesus Christ thank you for waking me up this thank you for breakfast this morning to God bless you and all your blessings I know you're counting my blessings in all my ways and thanks for the sweet sweet sweet sweet that's playing now and thank you for my meditation hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah 🙏😇 🙌
My grandma only has a few days left cause cancer. I am 15 and she's been teaching me to sing since I was 8. She's the reason I even like singing. We asked her if there's anything she wants us to do, and she wants me and my cousins who sing, though they don't sing infront of people, to sing this at the front of her funeral. She knows she's dying and sang this to us. She sings this to all her grandkids and now we are going to sing it for her as she passes to heaven. I don't really like the concept because I'm a little shy and don't like crying and I know it will make me cry, but my feeling about people seeing me shed a tear aren't even recognized by me if my nana wants me to do what she taught me to love. I would've never started singing if it wasn't for her, and I have many mental disabilitys and aspergers syndrome as well and music has helped me more than anything else. I kind of understand where your coming from, and they do play a large role in our life. Thank you Nana and God bless your grandpa
When I was 9 years old, I sat my first electric keyboard exam and this was the first piece. No piece of music that my ears have come across carried such emotion and deep meaning. Nearly a decade later, this song plays on loop in my head and has never once been forgotten. Truly amazing.
Such a beautiful song that the slaves used to sang when they were in bondage and longed for their freedom..! A very sad story but I Truly loved this the SONG
This song was written by a black man who was a freed slave. It was written to commemorate the underground railway AFTER the civil war and adopted by black people as a gospel song and is sung today at funerals and churches etc.all over America. One of the great Louis Armstrong performances and believe it or not Martin Luther King who fought for blacks during the civil riots of the 60’s. No offence but I suggest you learn your history. I too love the song.
@@angelajohnson7796 Yeah my English teacher was telling us today that this song was used as a code to warn other slaves that help would be coming. She said that these songs were called spirituals to trick the slave masters into thinking that they were ‘’buying into Christianity’’. I’m not sure if that’s even true but it sounded like she was trying to bash Christianity which pissed me off
@@angelajohnson7796 no learn yo history, back when the slaves were on the field cottons, they would see flying objects hovering above them, what you call UFO'S are the chariots they were talking about..we the people of the Bible and gods getting revenge on this very moment then before he destroy this place he's picking his select children up from those chariots
@@angelajohnson7796 did she not say slaves used to sing this song and then you redundantly go on to say the song was written by a freed slave? How about you pump the brakes and stop trying to teach black people black history when you don't even know your own.
My Dad loved "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" which he felt was a kind message from a loving Heavenly Father who would someday take him home to heaven accompanied by a band of angels. I love the pure tones of the singer! I wish I knew who she is! Thank you, whoever you are. You are giving a great gift to the world I think. - Doc Meek, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, Tues, Apr 7, 2015
this song makes me feel calm and relaxed because I'm under a lot of stress every time I'm stressed/all the time I listen to this song nothing else it also washes away my sadness or blues away and I'm fell so much better when I do so I Thank you listen and read along you changed my life it was hell until u and that song saved me so again thank you very very much
Funny considering this isn't a religious song, but instead a coded slave song talking about Harriet Tubman helping slaves through the underground railroad.
@@TheGoldenTrout I’d say it’s both. We used to sing this in church when I was little. I miss these spirituals now that they’re “out of vogue” or their appropriateness for church is being questioned.
Ok I Listened to g his cause I liked it after hearing hearing at cival War day at my school and this song a this guys favorite that he wrote during the cival war. if anything this song should be respected.
"A Short Life of Mark Twain": He went upstairs now, to the piano, and played and sang "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "My Lord He Calls Me." ... Mrs. Clemens from her room heard the music, and said to Katie Leary : "He is singing a good-night carol to me." The music ceased presently, and ... almost in that instant life slipped away without a sound.
Since I was a kid this has always been my go to tune. I sing it in my head my whole life all the time and I don't even know all of the words, I was goofily making some words up this am and decided I needed to finally know all the words after singing it wrong for 34 years. I hope they play it qt my funeral. That song us attached to my soul I feel. If I'm sad it comes to mind while I self soothe , and when I'm super happy it comes whailing out of me. And when I'm feeling goofy like this am this song along with a bunch of extra made up lyrics comes out of me !! Something about this song I deeply attached to me. If someone ever asked " what song does your soul sing" this would be it.
You see - that’s wrong. Chariot is referred to the Underground Railroad. Angels is supposed to be Quakers and Abolitionists coming from the “Chariot” to take them north.
@@bigfatrat9919 Chariot refers to the Chariot that took Elijah by the Jordan river. They are singing about Jerusalem (Israel). This song was written after 1865...slavery was over..
@Chala 1 not really however I love this song and will never stop singing it. I dont know what I've said so wrong..... but I guess these days people are easily offended.
@Chala 1 It hasn't been a problem for years and years now all of a sudden people are jumping on the bandwagon. I do NOT condone racism in anyway shape or form. However when it is sung by supporters of the England Rugby team they are not being racist. It's an anthem and it has been for years and years.
Today was my grandpa Gus's funeral. This was his favorite song. I love him deeply and I'll always remember and miss him. God bless you grandpa, I love you.
How peacful and calm💌💌💌🌸🏵️🌼🌾🌅 My dad once said "it reminds me of my childhood " Bt now going back to my memories and listening to this reminds me of "my childhood " My beloved ...🥺 I miss u papa❤️ My hero🦸 cheers to everyone who lived their everyday live like us🙂🙂 we beleive in us ❤️
When I was in 3rd grade we sang this song for one of our concerts at my school (a private Christian school near where I lived) and I finally found the version we sung after years of searching
My late dad sang for me and my siblings every evening. Just makes me cry. I sang it to my nephews , nieces and boo. Reminds a lot about dad. Continue to rip
who is watching in 2018 , the first time I held this song was from my dad and when ever I hear some one sing this song , I always get emotional but thank u lord Jesus for lifting the yoke and breaking the chains of our slavery by buying us with ur blood
Being is senior to doing which is senior to having. The least of these requires the one for whom having exists, to commit nothing that a being finds challenging. The fulcrum favors nothing, thereby achieving a space wherein all is possible. Balance has no drama but allows for every such form to express without favor. Swing low, sweet chariot...💕
This was useful for my English biography on Harriet Tubman, thanks. And you know why, right? It was one of the coded songs she sang. but anyways, thanks for the quality of it all!
I must've remembered this song from when I was a baby because I have had the lyrics "swing low, sweet chariot" stuck in my head but the "t" in "chariot" was silent.
Sydney Price Many songs of that era known as "american negro spirituals" are thought of to have included secret messages (it's not proven if this was so... but we know that Harriet Tubman leader in the underground railroad did do this with one or two songs)[see references below]. At first this particular song is obviously a reference to the historical narrative in the Bible of when the Prophet Elijah was taken up to Heaven by the Lord in a whirlwind and heavenly chariots of fire driven by angelic hosts (as mentioned in 2 Kings chapter 2 and cross referenced in 2 King chapter 6). But people say that the african american slaves may have used this song to secretly sing about the underground railroad as well. The chariot for some folks could have very well of been the "train" or carriage taking them north to freedom. The band of angels in their day may possibly share a duel meaning an indirect reference also to a band of abolitionists who would sneak them away at night. And the last verse, "If you get there before I do, Tell all my friends I'm coming there too," may not only be about getting to Heaven someday, but also to tell their family and friends up north that they hope to soon join them there in freedom. This is speculation but see links below for more info. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_the_Underground_Railroad en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_Away "Songs such as "Steal Away to Jesus", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "Wade in the Water" and the "Gospel Train" are songs with hidden codes, not only about having faith in God, but containing hidden messages for slaves to run away on their own, or with the Underground Railroad.[2][3]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_the_Underground_Railroad Scholars who have examined these claims tend to believe that while the slave songs may certainly have expressed hope for deliverance from the sorrows of this world, these songs did not present literal help for runaway slaves.[11][12] There is evidence, however, that Harriet Tubman used at least two songs. Sarah Bradford's authorized biography of Tubman, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, published in 1869, quotes Tubman as saying that she used "Go Down Moses" as one of two code songs to communicate with fugitive enslaved people escaping from Maryland.[13] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_Low,_Sweet_Chariot"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" was written by Wallis Willis, a Choctaw freedman in the old Indian Territory in what is now Choctaw County, near the County seat of Hugo, Oklahoma sometime before 1862. He was inspired by the Red River, which reminded him of the Jordan River and of the Prophet Elijah's being taken to heaven by a chariot (2 Kings 2:11). Some sources[1][2] claim that this song and "Steal Away"[3] (also composed by Willis) had lyrics that referred to the Underground Railroad, the freedom movement that helped blacks escape from Southern Slavery to the North and Canada.Alexander Reid, a minister at the Old Spencer Academy, Choctaw boarding school, heard Willis singing these two songs and transcribed the words and melodies. He sent the music to the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. The Jubilee Singers popularized the songs during a tour of the United States and Europe.The song enjoyed a resurgence during the 1960s Civil Rights struggle and the folk revival; it was performed by a number of artists. Perhaps the most famous performance during this period was that by Joan Baez during the legendary 1969 Woodstock festival.Oklahoma State Senator, Judy Eason McIntyre from Tulsa, Oklahoma proposed a bill nominating "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" as the Oklahoma State official gospel song in 2011. The bill was co-sponsored by the Oklahoma State Black Congressional Caucus. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed the bill into law on May 5, 2011, at a ceremony at the Oklahoma Cowboy Hall of Fame; making the song the official Oklahoma State Gospel Song.[citation needed]
I’m so glad we learned this song at my school, back than I thought it was such a dumb idea that they’d teach us songs back than, but now I’m glad they taught us
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Dears Jesus Christ thank you for waking me up this thank you for breakfast this morning to God bless you and all your blessings I know you're counting my blessings in all my ways and thanks for the sweet sweet sweet sweet that's playing now and thank you for my meditation hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah 🙏😇 🙌
Amen
Our father who are in heaven. God bless his name. You can probably recite this better than me.
What a crystal clear voice.
yea me too
Super Sopranstimme.
Sounds so peaceful
I love you
This song played at my grandads funeral and he was like my second dad... Even saying his name makes me upset... RIP grandad love you lots...
I know it wa so tiring aswell because of all the crying
Alicia Maiden
My grandma only has a few days left cause cancer. I am 15 and she's been teaching me to sing since I was 8. She's the reason I even like singing. We asked her if there's anything she wants us to do, and she wants me and my cousins who sing, though they don't sing infront of people, to sing this at the front of her funeral. She knows she's dying and sang this to us. She sings this to all her grandkids and now we are going to sing it for her as she passes to heaven. I don't really like the concept because I'm a little shy and don't like crying and I know it will make me cry, but my feeling about people seeing me shed a tear aren't even recognized by me if my nana wants me to do what she taught me to love. I would've never started singing if it wasn't for her, and I have many mental disabilitys and aspergers syndrome as well and music has helped me more than anything else. I kind of understand where your coming from, and they do play a large role in our life. Thank you Nana and God bless your grandpa
My name is Alicia
Alicia Maiden. They played this at my friends funeral. I know how you feel. Lots of
Such a beautiful crystal clear voice
I just love this song so much
My grandma sang it to me before she died. Rest In Peace, Momo
Condoglianze😢
Tua nonna era giapponese?
When I was 9 years old, I sat my first electric keyboard exam and this was the first piece. No piece of music that my ears have come across carried such emotion and deep meaning. Nearly a decade later, this song plays on loop in my head and has never once been forgotten. Truly amazing.
This song has been playing in my head since i was 8 years old. It certainly leaves an impact
My mother and grandmother sang this to me as a lullaby. They sang it slower but, all the same. Thx
My mother did, too. Even years after she passed, I still hear her singing it. 💖
that is fantastic
Such a beautiful song that the slaves used to sang when they were in bondage and longed for their freedom..! A very sad story but I Truly loved this the SONG
This song was written by a black man who was a freed slave. It was written to commemorate the underground railway AFTER the civil war and adopted by black people as a gospel song and is sung today at funerals and churches etc.all over America. One of the great Louis Armstrong performances and believe it or not Martin Luther King who fought for blacks during the civil riots of the 60’s. No offence but I suggest you learn your history. I too love the song.
@@angelajohnson7796 Yeah my English teacher was telling us today that this song was used as a code to warn other slaves that help would be coming. She said that these songs were called spirituals to trick the slave masters into thinking that they were ‘’buying into Christianity’’. I’m not sure if that’s even true but it sounded like she was trying to bash Christianity which pissed me off
@@angelajohnson7796 no learn yo history, back when the slaves were on the field cottons, they would see flying objects hovering above them, what you call UFO'S are the chariots they were talking about..we the people of the Bible and gods getting revenge on this very moment then before he destroy this place he's picking his select children up from those chariots
Me to
@@angelajohnson7796 did she not say slaves used to sing this song and then you redundantly go on to say the song was written by a freed slave? How about you pump the brakes and stop trying to teach black people black history when you don't even know your own.
My Dad loved "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" which he felt was a kind message from a loving Heavenly Father who would someday take him home to heaven accompanied by a band of angels. I love the pure tones of the singer! I wish I knew who she is! Thank you, whoever you are. You are giving a great gift to the world I think. - Doc Meek, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, Tues, Apr 7, 2015
The singer is a slave singing to pass time in their suffering
Woow 5 years😳
7 years.
Do you know the real meaning of this??
Hello from 2024 🙌🏻🙌🏻 greetings from Massachusetts, USA
My great grandma's funeral song on the 22nd on the 27th of December 2019 rest in peace rest in peace ma
Its been 2 yrs since mine died and hearing this made me cry but i have faith
Pink Rabbit: SWING LOOOOOOO SWWEEEEETT CHARRIIIOOOTT
Legend
Dude.
I agree
@@Sturdim This comment was like 3 years and I forgot what this was XD
@@noeljerichodelrosario5681 lmao, it's from amazing world of gumball
What a beattiful voice
Vladislav Sajcik ikr I love it
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Tbh this isnt even a voice its just autotuned way to much
@@itsyaboimax541 wait WHAT i know its autotuned but i sang this and i kinda sounded the same
@@camilaguerson2585 please record
They sang this at my grandfather’s funeral, who died in October.. It’s such a beautiful song.
Absolutely a most beautiful heart touching song. Thank you
this song makes me feel calm and relaxed because I'm under a lot of stress every time I'm stressed/all the time I listen to this song nothing else it also washes away my sadness or blues away and I'm fell so much better when I do so I Thank you listen and read along you changed my life it was hell until u and that song saved me so again thank you very very much
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I'm not much of a believer, but my mother in law who was, passed away early this morning and I was drawn here and found comfort.
This song is a favourite at the morning assemblies of my childhood camp. Every time I hear it I remember those sweet memories. Miss you Tanamakoon ❤️
Funny considering this isn't a religious song, but instead a coded slave song talking about Harriet Tubman helping slaves through the underground railroad.
@@TheGoldenTrout I’d say it’s both. We used to sing this in church when I was little. I miss these spirituals now that they’re “out of vogue” or their appropriateness for church is being questioned.
My mother used to sing this to me as a young girl, as a lullaby. It resonates so deeply now.....for even further reasons I cannot express here.
I am Japanese.
When I was Junior High School students,I and classmates sang this song.
I'm loved it!
@@TomboyRespector no you are gay
Im filipino, and were gonna sing this too
Middle School 🏫 here as well, 6th grade🎶❤️ 🙌
Checked this for my daughter.
The great classic was very nice in this clear voice...
Thank you
Arjun Sri Ranjan Glad you enjoyed it
+Skull Bro agreed
e molto carina
Ok I Listened to g his cause I liked it after hearing hearing at cival War day at my school and this song a this guys favorite that he wrote during the cival war. if anything this song should be respected.
Skull Bro
I learned this song in Kindergarten (1978) and as if late, the song has been stuck in my head. I finally understand the meaning of it.
"A Short Life of Mark Twain": He went upstairs now, to the piano, and played and sang "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "My Lord He Calls Me." ... Mrs. Clemens from her room heard the music, and said to Katie Leary : "He is singing a good-night carol to me." The music ceased presently, and ... almost in that instant life slipped away without a sound.
Since I was a kid this has always been my go to tune. I sing it in my head my whole life all the time and I don't even know all of the words, I was goofily making some words up this am and decided I needed to finally know all the words after singing it wrong for 34 years. I hope they play it qt my funeral. That song us attached to my soul I feel.
If I'm sad it comes to mind while I self soothe , and when I'm super happy it comes whailing out of me. And when I'm feeling goofy like this am this song along with a bunch of extra made up lyrics comes out of me !! Something about this song I deeply attached to me.
If someone ever asked " what song does your soul sing" this would be it.
I have to play this every night before my daughter will go to sleep . I don't know what I'd do without it .
Swing low Sweet Chariot I love ❤️ this song ! That’s is perfect!
It's been 10 years since I left my middle school, but I still remember the sir that taught us this song, lovely memories
This song has meaning. I had never heard it before until recently. I'm happy to know that the Chariot Angel swings low to carry me home.
You see - that’s wrong. Chariot is referred to the Underground Railroad. Angels is supposed to be Quakers and Abolitionists coming from the “Chariot” to take them north.
@@bigfatrat9919 Chariot refers to the Chariot that took Elijah by the Jordan river. They are singing about Jerusalem (Israel). This song was written after 1865...slavery was over..
@@Judeanexile You're wrong. Maybe this will help you better understand
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@@Judeanexile These type of songs were passed down from slavery. It was sung long before it was written down
@@Thehawkdown99 what’s your source?
I don’t know if people still listen to this but if you are reading this right now I hope you have a wonderful day
i used to listen to this song to fall asleep now still
I WILL NEVER STOP SINGING IT!
Wow you're so strong and smart
@@salutaldegrandfan6171 thank you :)
@Chala 1 takes one to know one.
@Chala 1 not really however I love this song and will never stop singing it. I dont know what I've said so wrong..... but I guess these days people are easily offended.
@Chala 1 It hasn't been a problem for years and years now all of a sudden people are jumping on the bandwagon. I do NOT condone racism in anyway shape or form. However when it is sung by supporters of the England Rugby team they are not being racist. It's an anthem and it has been for years and years.
Swing low swing high, bring us to home. My savior Jesus.
Sweetest voice I ever heard singing this beautiful song.
Today was my grandpa Gus's funeral. This was his favorite song. I love him deeply and I'll always remember and miss him. God bless you grandpa, I love you.
Stfu
DEADPOOL stfu u dummy ur making soccer league videos with a phone recorder idiot 6 yrs old kid fuck off
@@3x4l70 you don't have to be this rude
@@3x4l70 you don't have to be this rude
@@yeebee2016 that wasn't me but my brother I am srry for your lost RIP
I sing this every day whenever it crosses my mind. So glad I found this to sing along to.
ok
Ich habe es auch schon gesungen mit mehrstimmiger Begleitung.
Black history month brought me here for my daughter's program love this song
Such fond memories of this song , those were the days when dad use to sing this ....
I was brought here by the subject of Harriet tubman in school..
I love it
(I think that's how to spell her name)
Mixedcodes me to I’ve been learning about her in black history week
Me too
Mixedcodes i have to do it for homework
Same
This will always remind me of Creed Bratton. Perfect!
How peacful and calm💌💌💌🌸🏵️🌼🌾🌅
My dad once said "it reminds me of my childhood "
Bt now going back to my memories and listening to this reminds me of "my childhood "
My beloved ...🥺
I miss u papa❤️
My hero🦸 cheers to everyone who lived their everyday live like us🙂🙂 we beleive in us ❤️
When I was in 3rd grade we sang this song for one of our concerts at my school (a private Christian school near where I lived) and I finally found the version we sung after years of searching
My favorite song
This song is beautiful. A great song to practice harmonies to.
This song could make me if I’m in a certain state of mind. Just like amazing grace.
Our ancestors sung this song it is a message for their people
Amazing voice amazing song
Sarah King amazing world [of gumball]
My late dad sang for me and my siblings every evening. Just makes me cry. I sang it to my nephews , nieces and boo. Reminds a lot about dad. Continue to rip
This song is beautiful
This song reminds me of childhood days. Those good old days 😊😊😊❤️❤️❤️
What a wonderful voice 🌺
Beautiful voice for a beautiful song !
Beautiful Anglo song
who is watching in 2018 , the first time I held this song was from my dad and when ever I hear some one sing this song , I always get emotional but thank u lord Jesus for lifting the yoke and breaking the chains of our slavery by buying us with ur blood
This my song me and my mom sing it every night before we go to sleep love this song👌🏽😍😍😍😍😇😇😇😇
Beautiful song and a lovely voice
Got my bro to sleep .
Awwwwwwhhhh
I love this
Great rendition of this classic melody!
So soothing 🤗 I want to teach my kids this song one day🥳
Beautiful song. Reminds me of my childhood
I just don't know what to say....its so beautiful every time I hear it I cry
😥😥😥
best...song...EVER♥♥♥♥♥♡♡♡♡♡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE GRACE! IS SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO GOOD
Beautiful voice...
Thanks a lot 😊
Beautiful song. No wonder english rugby fans adopted it as non official anthem.Greetings from Spain
This is such a great song:)
And i love the voice of the singer
My daughter kept singing this couple weeks before she died
This is very sad ...😭😢
Damn, what a voice!
I love dis song
I honestly thought it was Alison Krauss singing this, amazing voice!
amazing... just amazing
A truly Great hymn. Should have mentioned the LORD though since it is a hymn
Mothership connection
Rest piece the first couple of Darwins that got killed.
I sang this to my Grandma the night before she died😭
This song is too short! I lobe it, but have to keep playing it on repeat. She does have a very hypnotic voice.
Beautiful
The singer is Ella eyre. She did a great job. I sang it at my school, and everyone else also sang like Ella Eyre. Beautifull song
...
Ella Eyre? I think isn’t her.
This sounds nothing like her.
Anybody came here from Gumball?
I like that that tha tha the. Very nice voice it can be soprano or tenor
I love her voice it’s so graceful 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇
I love this song because my grandma sang it to me as a baby and I know it word from word
I'm doing a project on spiritual songs and I picked this one and this is legit the best version I have found!
Being is senior to doing which is senior to having. The least of these requires the one for whom having exists, to commit nothing that a being finds challenging. The fulcrum favors nothing, thereby achieving a space wherein all is possible. Balance has no drama but allows for every such form to express without favor. Swing low, sweet chariot...💕
Such folky, spiritual songs make me levitate in a way/level me up/take me to a place I love, I can feel it as I listen
Beautiful voice 🙌🏽
Gomez Addams brought me here !
RIP Raul Julia
what a lovely voice! thank you for this hymn.
Very good sound i love it
This was useful for my English biography on Harriet Tubman, thanks. And you know why, right? It was one of the coded songs she sang. but anyways, thanks for the quality of it all!
"Swing low sweet chariot"
- Creed
I just lost a friend today and this song reminded me that they are in a way better place than here. I'm going to miss you Paul.
Sorry but he will be in your memory ;(
sing low.. wow this is a amazing song like i was repeating it over and over again wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love it und brauchs fuer musik
♥
I must've remembered this song from when I was a baby because I have had the lyrics "swing low, sweet chariot" stuck in my head but the "t" in "chariot" was silent.
Music is sweet to all that can listen. It soothes
I am Glad to hear this Song.
my childhood is complete, learned this in music class as a little girl
Seceret slave escape message !
Sydney Price Many songs of that era known as "american negro spirituals" are thought of to have included secret messages (it's not proven if this was so... but we know that Harriet Tubman leader in the underground railroad did do this with one or two songs)[see references below]. At first this particular song is obviously a reference to the historical narrative in the Bible of when the Prophet Elijah was taken up to Heaven by the Lord in a whirlwind and heavenly chariots of fire driven by angelic hosts (as mentioned in 2 Kings chapter 2 and cross referenced in 2 King chapter 6). But people say that the african american slaves may have used this song to secretly sing about the underground railroad as well. The chariot for some folks could have very well of been the "train" or carriage taking them north to freedom. The band of angels in their day may possibly share a duel meaning an indirect reference also to a band of abolitionists who would sneak them away at night. And the last verse, "If you get there before I do, Tell all my friends I'm coming there too," may not only be about getting to Heaven someday, but also to tell their family and friends up north that they hope to soon join them there in freedom. This is speculation but see links below for more info.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_the_Underground_Railroad
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_Away
"Songs such as "Steal Away to Jesus", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "Wade in the Water" and the "Gospel Train" are songs with hidden codes, not only about having faith in God, but containing hidden messages for slaves to run away on their own, or with the Underground Railroad.[2][3]"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_the_Underground_Railroad
Scholars who have examined these claims tend to believe that while the slave songs may certainly have expressed hope for deliverance from the sorrows of this world, these songs did not present literal help for runaway slaves.[11][12]
There is evidence, however, that Harriet Tubman used at least two songs. Sarah Bradford's authorized biography of Tubman, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, published in 1869, quotes Tubman as saying that she used "Go Down Moses" as one of two code songs to communicate with fugitive enslaved people escaping from Maryland.[13]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_Low,_Sweet_Chariot"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" was written by Wallis Willis, a Choctaw freedman in the old Indian Territory in what is now Choctaw County, near the County seat of Hugo, Oklahoma sometime before 1862. He was inspired by the Red River, which reminded him of the Jordan River and of the Prophet Elijah's being taken to heaven by a chariot (2 Kings 2:11). Some sources[1][2] claim that this song and "Steal Away"[3] (also composed by Willis) had lyrics that referred to the Underground Railroad, the freedom movement that helped blacks escape from Southern Slavery to the North and Canada.Alexander Reid, a minister at the Old Spencer Academy, Choctaw boarding school, heard Willis singing these two songs and transcribed the words and melodies. He sent the music to the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. The Jubilee Singers popularized the songs during a tour of the United States and Europe.The song enjoyed a resurgence during the 1960s Civil Rights struggle and the folk revival; it was performed by a number of artists. Perhaps the most famous performance during this period was that by Joan Baez during the legendary 1969 Woodstock festival.Oklahoma State Senator, Judy Eason McIntyre from Tulsa, Oklahoma proposed a bill nominating "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" as the Oklahoma State official gospel song in 2011. The bill was co-sponsored by the Oklahoma State Black Congressional Caucus. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed the bill into law on May 5, 2011, at a ceremony at the Oklahoma Cowboy Hall of Fame; making the song the official Oklahoma State Gospel Song.[citation needed]
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I’m so glad we learned this song at my school, back than I thought it was such a dumb idea that they’d teach us songs back than, but now I’m glad they taught us
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