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The earliest known recording was in 1909, this was an "American Negro Spiritual" most likely written by Wallis Willis who was a Choctaw Indian sometime after 1865.


Swing Low Sweet Chariot

            G                C     G
Swing low, sweet chariot,
G                                   D7
Comin' for to carry me home.
G                             C    G

Swing low, sweet chariot,
G                     D7          G
Comin' for to carry me home.

G                                        C                G

I looked over Jordan and what did I see,
G                                    D7
Comin' for to carry me home,
G                          C                  G

A band of angels comin' after me,
G                    D7           G
Comin' for to carry me home.



G                                   C                 G

I'm sometimes up and sometimes down.
G                                    D
Comin' for to carry me home.
G                              C           G

But still I know I'm heaven bound
G                     D7          G
Comin' for to carry me home. CHORUS


G                            C         G

If you get there before I do,
G                                    D7
Comin' for to carry me home.
G                                   C                   G

Tell all my friends I'm comin' there too.
G                     C             G
Comin' for to carry me home. CHORUS

G                        C             G

If I get there before you do,
G                                    D7
Comin' for to carry me home.
G                            C           G
I'll cut a hole and pull you through.
G                    D7           G

Comin' for to carry me home   CHORUS