Lyrics
(African American Spiritual)
Refrain
Swing low sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home (repeat)
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.
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- Type: choral
- Form: same & different / ABA
- Harmony: partner songs / countermelodies / chords I IV V
- Melody: low so & low la / G, B, D’
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm:
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: s,l,drmsl
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Thanks so much for posting this! Makes me almost wish that there was more time in the school year…