Swing low sweet chariot ~ English Rugby Anthem
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
A lot of rugby fans can edit the song in a low beat and instrumental for funeral ceremonies. We don’t hear many funeral songs that is an anthem to some. There is also an instance when this song is used for drinking games and having fun. Very opposite of what a funeral song which gives of a heavy vibe in the chest.
There are a lot of songs that get misinterpreted or that hold a lot of meaning, which is very difficult for other listeners to decipher. The song started spreading out in rugby games when a group of Benedictine boys sang the song in a game whenever the team scored. It reached a point where spectators close them joined in singing until the song got heard to the ground of the stadium. The winner of the match that the song was first sung named their plane after the title, which was “Sweet Chariot.” Until this day, the song is still such regularly by English supporters whenever there’s a match.
A lot of people don’t know, but the song holds more meaning than a rugby game. Some interpreted the song as a coded message that instructs slaves to escape. Back in the day, a lot of African-American people were made slaves, and the song is a movement that helps them escape slavery from the South to Canada and the North.
The song “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” was written by a Choctaw Freedman in the Indian Territory, Wallis Willis. The song got inspired by his sight of the Red River, which reminded him of the Jordan River and the Prophet Elijah riding a chariot to heaven.
Some groups hated the song and added it in the undesirable and harmful works. This group was none other than the Reich Music Examination Office in Germany in 1939.
