Swing Low, Sweet Carriage

" Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is a song of the type Negro-spiritual which comes from the the United States. The song also has an important bond with the team of England of Rugby to XV and she is regularly sung at the time of the matches of this team.

History

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot was composed by Wallis Willis, slave of the Indians Choctaw in old the Indian Territoires. It took as a starting point the Red Rivière (the Mississippi), which pointed out the the Jordan to him, and by the prophet Élie who would have joined the paradise in a carriage. Certain sources suggest that this song and Steal Away Jesus (also composed by Wallis Willis) comprise references hidden to the clandestine Railroad ( Underground Railroad ). It is not very probable since neither one nor the other song was heard apart from the nation Choctaw until after the end of the American American Civil War. It that Alexander Reid, Pasteur in a school of the territory Choctaw, intends to sing the song of Willis and is at that time retranscribed the words and the melody. It sends it to the Fisk Jubilee Singers (group of singers black-American of the years 1870) of the University of Fisk to Nashville, Tennessee. Jubilee Singers make popular this song during their round to the United States and to Europe.

Words

Chorus:

Swing low, sweet carriage

Coming for to curry me home

Swing low, sweet carriage

Coming for to curry me home

I looked over Jordan and what did I see

Coming for to curry me home

has band off angels coming after me

Coming for to curry me home

(Chorus)

Yew you get there before I C

Coming for to curry me home

Such all my friends I' m coming too

Coming for to curry me home

(Chorus)

Sometimes I' m up and sometimes I' m down

Coming for to curry me home

drunk Goal still my feels heavenly bound

Coming for to curry me home

(Chorus)

The use with Rugby

This song made its appearance at the time of the last match of the England of the season 1987-88 against the Ireland with the Stade of Twickenham. England had then lost 15 of its 23 last matches in the Five Nations tournament and the spectators of Twickenham had seen one English test in two years. Ireland led 3-0 to the half-time, but the English awoke in second period, and registered 6 tests to gain 35-3. Three of the tests came from Chris Oti, a black player who made this day his beginnings in Twickenham. A group come from the school bénédictine of Douai (to England) started to sing the favorite anthem gospel of their club of Rugby, the Swing Low, Sweet Chariot , in honor of their new hero, and all the stage united with them. Since, the English spectators, entonnent this song, become the semi-official anthem of the XV of the Rose, as soon as their team takes the top in a match. The Equipe of England returned from its victory to the World cup 2003 to Australia on an aircraft where one could hear the famous Sweet Chariot .

There exists also a gestural version of Sweet Chariot which becomes thus a Drinking song.

See too

External bonds

Ecouter a version has cappella “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” (OGG and MP3 versions) - by Gail Selkirk
Lien towards the gestural version of Hash House Harrier
Discussion off gestures: (mp3) page where Ian Cumming remembers a version of 1947 when he played in England.

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