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To: Eleutheria5

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

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27 posted on 06/21/2020 8:11:20 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

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


30 posted on 06/21/2020 9:06:44 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“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.


33 posted on 06/21/2020 10:04:05 AM PDT by mumblypeg
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