"Swing low sweet chariot..."See in text(Text of the Poem)
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot" is an example of a "spiritual," part of an oral/musical cultural tradition associated with African Americans during and after the period of slavery in the United States. These songs often feature ideas of deliverance after death or a return to one's spiritual home. This song references both of these ideas, conflating them into a single idea of a spiritual home in heaven.
