Hvad betyder ordene swing low sweet chariot?
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" kan være skrevet af Wallis Willis, en Choctaw-frikøbt mand i det gamle indianerområde i det nuværende Choctaw County, nær amtssædet Hugo, Oklahoma, engang efter 1865. Han kan være blevet [væsensord] inspireret af Red River, som mindede ham om Jordanfloden og om profeten Elias' kørsel til himlen på en vogn (2. Kongebog 2:11). Nogle kilder hævder, at denne sang og "Steal Away" (også sunget af Willis) havde tekster, der henviste til Underground Railroad, den frihedsbevægelse, der hjalp sorte mennesker med at flygte fra slaveriet i Sydstaterne til Norden og Canada.
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" may have been written by Wallis Willis, a Choctaw freedman in the old Indian Territory in what is now Choctaw County, near the County seat of Hugo, Oklahoma sometime after 1865. He may have been[weasel words] inspired by the Red River, which reminded him of the Jordan River and of the Prophet Elijah's being taken to heaven by a chariot (2 Kings 2:11). Some sources claim that this song and "Steal Away" (also sung by Willis) had lyrics that referred to the Underground Railroad, the freedom movement that helped black people escape from Southern slavery to the North and Canada.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot