<P> The song ostensibly refers to the Second Coming of Christ and subsequent Rapture , with the she referring to the chariot that the returning Christ is imagined as driving . Like most spirituals originating in the African - American community , however , this was probably a coded anthem for the Underground Railroad . </P>
<P> The song ostensibly refers to the Second Coming of Christ and subsequent Rapture , with the she referring to the chariot that the returning Christ is imagined as driving . Like most spirituals originating in the African - American community , however , this was probably a coded anthem for the Underground Railroad . </P>
who is she in coming round the mountain
who is she in coming round the mountain
chariot that the returning Christ is imagined as driving probably a coded anthem for the Underground Railroad
chariot that the returning Christ is imagined as driving probably a coded anthem for the Underground Railroad