Prince Harry backs move to ban Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: Duke of Sussex signals his support for review of England rugby anthem linked to slavery despite huge backlash from fans

UK Daily Mail ^ | June 20, 2020 | Georgia Simcox

[mewzilla]

I was thinking of the national security issues posed by both pair’s activities.

There are some fascinating similarities.

If I were a UK citizen, I’d be very concerned.

I wonder what MI5 and MI6 know...

[mewzilla]

And if the House of Windsor’s Epstein Problem figures into this in any way...

[originalbuckeye]

Huh. Who even knew he was still around?

[Georgia Girl 2]

HA! likely true!

[Thommas]

Why does Mr. Markle hate African-American spiritual music?

Why indeed. As I recall, the song was created as a tribute to the Negro slave's desire for freedom, an expression of fortitude in the face of oppression.

And he wants to ban it? Has all that inbreeding among the Royalty rendered a bunch of morons?

[mware]

Don’tgive them any ideas. Amazing Grace was written by a captain of a slave ship who reformed himself.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Lyrics
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home x 2
I looked over Jordan and what did I see
Coming for to carry he home
A band of angels coming after me
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
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 for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home

Source: LyricFind

[Vaduz]

His wife agrees she almost has him trained to sit and bark like a dog.

[DUMBGRUNT]

this is an anti-slavery song written by a former slave.

Apparently written while enslaved?

The song is thought to have been composed by a slave called Wallace Wallis - or Wallace together with his wife Minerva - in the mid-1800s.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-31147766

[Eleutheria5]

Definitely racist. Slaveowners forced their property to compose these ditties at gunpoint./s

[DUMBGRUNT]

Slaveowners forced their property to compose these ditties at gunpoint./s

And the slaveholder’s estate still collects royalties every time it is performed!!!

A very good performance;
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot By Etta James
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thz1zDAytzU

I like the intro in the Johnny Cash version.

And they all kickback to the old slavemaster!!!

I too had to sign away my rights each and every year at work plus an NDA!

[mumblypeg]

“this is an anti-slavery song written by a former slave.”

Yep. Also a signalling song. The slaves sang it to send off & encourage runaway slaves, and to express hope that their opportunity to run would come soon.

[mumblypeg]

“A band of angels coming after me
Coming for to carry me home”

Double meaning.
Angels were the conductors on the Underground Railroad.
But angels also signified death, which brought freedom from slavery, too.

[Eleutheria5]

Slavery. In the guise of spirituals, a rich tapestry of feeling sprouting from poverty and humiliation, it’s just exploitation and racism. Tear it down like Robert E. Lee’s statue. Let My People Go, indeed!/s

[Eleutheria5]

“I too had to sign away my rights each and every year at work plus an NDA!”

Oh, lawsy! You done violated yo’ NDA! Massa’s gonna whup you ‘til you ain’t got no back lef’!

[Eleutheria5]

So was Woah, Marry, Don’t You Weep

“Pharaoh’s Army Got Drownded” meant the bloodhounds had lost the scent.