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"BLACK SPIRITUAL: SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT (2)" by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN

First Line: "OH, DE GOOD OLE CHARIOT SWING SO LOW"
Last Line: "SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT, / I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ME BEHIND"
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - SONG & MUSIC;BLACK SONGS; NEGRO SPIRITUALS;
OH, de good ole chariot swing so low, --
I don't want to leave me behind.
O swing low, sweet chariot,
Swing low, sweet chariot,
I don't want to leave me behind.

Oh, de good ole chariot will take us all home, --
I don't want to leave me behind.
Swing low, sweet chariot, etc.



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