"Home" is a metaphor for heaven in this African-American spiritual. In the Old Testament of the Judeo-Christian Bible, Elijah was taken home in a chariot.
The earliest recording of the song "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" was in 1909. The refrain of the song is Swing low, Sweet chariot coming for to carry me home, which is sung twice.
an angel
The rhythm of Swing Low Sweet Chariot is often played or sung at a slow, steady pace. It sets the mood of longing that slaves often felt while trying to escape from their owners. The despair and desire of wanting to gain more freedom is further emphasized through the repetition of the lyric "coming for to carry me home".
I believe it is Chantal Kreviacuk. She sings a song called "Feels like home" and the voice is very familiar.
This is an expression, used by slaves who do not wish to live anymore, yet do not wish to commit suicide. They are hoping God will send a chariot from heaven, and use that chariot to take them home. It refers to the chariot that took Elijah home in the Old Testament of the Bible.Another answerSweet Chariot was a coded message about the Underground Railroad. Slaves used biblical references to provide information to the slaves who wanted to escape such as the mode of transportation available and how to get to different places and other important details. Their masters thought that they were singing about God so the slaves were able to relay the information right under their noses. I found this out from one of my college professors who was the grandson of a woman born a slave but was freed when she was 7.
The earliest recording of the song "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" was in 1909. The refrain of the song is Swing low, Sweet chariot coming for to carry me home, which is sung twice.
an angel
One of the most famous is "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot".Chorus: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.Repeat chorus: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.
The rhythm of Swing Low Sweet Chariot is often played or sung at a slow, steady pace. It sets the mood of longing that slaves often felt while trying to escape from their owners. The despair and desire of wanting to gain more freedom is further emphasized through the repetition of the lyric "coming for to carry me home".
I believe it is Chantal Kreviacuk. She sings a song called "Feels like home" and the voice is very familiar.
This is an expression, used by slaves who do not wish to live anymore, yet do not wish to commit suicide. They are hoping God will send a chariot from heaven, and use that chariot to take them home. It refers to the chariot that took Elijah home in the Old Testament of the Bible.Another answerSweet Chariot was a coded message about the Underground Railroad. Slaves used biblical references to provide information to the slaves who wanted to escape such as the mode of transportation available and how to get to different places and other important details. Their masters thought that they were singing about God so the slaves were able to relay the information right under their noses. I found this out from one of my college professors who was the grandson of a woman born a slave but was freed when she was 7.
Release to heaven from the struggles of life (Swing Low,Sweet Chariot; Deep River and Lord, I'm Coming Home) Escape from present troubles (Little David Play on Your Harp) Religion was an ever-present theme in Negro Spiritual songs.
Babe Ruth
you have to align the the bat with ball perfectly and swing at the right moment.
In the time of slavery it would have been a great honor for a slave to have even rode on the side steps of their masters/owners carriage/chariot. When they sang this song it was for deliverance and they were wishing for the Lord to bring his chariot down from heaven to take them to their eternal rest. "ie ," Coming for to carry me home" then he says " I looked over Jordan and what do I see, ? Coming for to carry me home. Swing low sweet chariot. AS i know This son'g have never been copyrighted Old Uncle Wallace wrote this song or first sang the words-- which some one wrote down for him-- one day as he and his wife were picking cotton just east of this town I live in, Hugo, Oklahoma, located in the Red River Valley. They were in a field near the small community of Spencerville,Oklahoma, a few miles east of Hugo. picking cotton for their master or bossman. Uncle Wallace was an old man by that time and had once lived in slavery. The song then spread from one community to another, soon all the slaves were singing it. This is documented here in Hugo in our RailRoad museum
Home sweet home
The address of the Sweet Home Public Library is: 1101 13Th Ave, Sweet Home, 97386 2197