 | 1892 - 458 pages
...whenever he heard the singers in England, " Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home." " I looked over Jordan, and what did I see, Coming for...angels coming after me, Coming for to carry me home." To those who were crowded in unwholesome dungeons, waiting the auction block, or were packed in the... | |
 | 1873 - 536 pages
...air are gems of poetic imagination peculiar to the negro idiosyncracy : — " I looked over yonder, and what did I see Coming for to carry me home ! A...Coming for to carry me home ! Swing low sweet chariot !" No words of mine can convey the. intense pathos of these last words on the lips of these now emancipated... | |
 | 1886 - 478 pages
...king of terror," but as a kind charioteer, and so the colored people sing, ' Swing low sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home, A. band of angels coming after me, coming for to carry me home." CRUELTY TO CONVICTS. I have just read in the Advertiser the account of the whipping of Jerry Ford.... | |
 | Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Pennsylvania Commandery - 1902 - 68 pages
...etc. SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT. Key of F major. Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home, I looked over Jordan, and what did I see? Coming for...angels coming after me, Coming for to carry me home. Chants. — Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home. The brightest day that ever I saw,... | |
 | Robert Love Taylor - 1907 - 396 pages
...ol' white folks an' to Chloe." And he bowed his head and softly sang : " Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home; Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home." And I think there was a tear stain on the cheek of Merriment that night. * * * nating Uncle Rastus... | |
 | Harvard Club of San Francisco (Calif.) - 1909 - 132 pages
...sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home, Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home. I looked over Jordan, and what did I see, Coming for...angels coming after me, Coming for to carry me home. Chorus. Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home, Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for... | |
 | Hallie Erminie Rives - 1912 - 464 pages
...of the chloroform! She's dying. Let's all sing and maybe it'll make it easier : " ' I went down to Jordan and what did I see, Coming for to carry me home? A band of angels waiting for me, Coming for to carry me home 1 ' * The melody, however, was too much for the prospective... | |
 | Dorothy Scarborough - 1919 - 368 pages
...of the clearing, shining across the open spaces, lighting with glory the pine woods at one side. " I looked over Jordan, and what did I see? Coming for to carry me home ! A band of angels comin' after me, Comin' for to carry me home! " As the myriad corn leaves were stirred by the wind,... | |
 | Kathryn Emilie Stone - 1922 - 184 pages
...sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home, Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home. I looked over Jordan, and what did I see, Coming for...angels coming after me, Coming for to carry me home. If you get there before I do, Coming for to carry me home, Tell all my friends I'm coming too, Coming... | |
 | Joshua Henry Jones - 1924 - 384 pages
...me home. Swing low sweet chariot, coming to carry me home. I look over yonder what do I see, Coming to carry me home, A band of angels coming after me, Coming to carry me home. Swing low sweet chariot, coming to carry me home; Swing low sweet chariot, coming... | |
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I looked over Jordan, and what did I see, Coming for to carry me home? A band of angels coming after me, Coming for to carry me home. 
