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Umm ...

We’d sing this song in our Catholic church and school in an Arizona city up in the mountains. We had blacks, whites, indians, mexicans, chinese, some jews (I learned later
- how do you tell?) friends I grew up with.

I’m not sure we were missing any race.

Nowhere in the lyrics is there one mention of cotton or race or slavery or masters. Just because a crowd would sing it, I guess because they liked and thought well of a couple of Blacks (yes I know AAs) on their team so now we need to burn up all the copies and sheet music?

Its a beautiful song and I guess a “Negro” spiritual and now we have to deal with “cultural appropriation.”

What a pile of dog doo.

Is there nothing sacred that the leftists won’t steal from us? Yes I’m pissed because I have a low gravelly frog-like voice and I figure singing this song occasionally might get me into heaven.

;-)

Really wonderful that in SF they tore down Washington’s and Francis Scott Key’s statues last night. The father of our country and warrior that made ours and their freedoms possible and the author of our national anthem.

While the cops and national TV watched. Exactly when do we say that’s enough?

Where is the racist part in this song that says a white guy like me can’t love and sing this song that needs to be banned?

May God help us and the USA. A dimming light of freedom in the world.

Luckily we have President Trump that recognizes this and is working to preserve our freedoms.

Swing low, sweet chariot,
Comin’ for to carry me home;
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Comin’ for to carry me home.
I looked over Jordan,
And what did I see,
Comin’ for to carry me home,
A band of angels comin’ after me,
Comin’ for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Comin’ for to carry me home;
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Comin’ for to carry me home.
If you get there before I do,
Comin’ for to carry me home,
Tell all my friends I’m comin’ too,
Comin’ for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Comin’ for to carry me home;
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Comin’ for to carry me home.
Sometimes I’m up, sometimes I’m down
Comin’ for to carry me home
But still my soul feels heavenly bound
Comin’ for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Comin’ for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Comin’ for to carry me home.

Amen.