Lyrics of music that 'came to mind'

[michel]

Words & Music: African-American spiritual

Refrain

Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home,
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.

I looked over Jordan, and what did I see?
Coming for to carry me home,
A band of angels coming after me,
Coming for to carry me home.

Refrain

If you get there before I do,
Coming for to carry me home,
Tell all my friends I’m coming, too.
Coming for to carry me home.

Refrain

I’m sometimes up and sometimes down,
Coming for to carry me home,
But still my soul feels heavenly bound,
Coming for to carry me home.

Refrain

The brightest day that I can say,
Coming for to carry me home,
When Jesus washed my sins away,
Coming for to carry me home.

Refrain



1 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home;

2 beneath the shadow of thy throne
thy saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is thine arm alone,
and our defence is sure.

3 Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received her frame,
from everlasting thou art God,
to endless years the same.

4 A thousand ages in thy sight
are like an evening gone;
short as the watch that ends the night
before the rising sun.

*5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
bears all its sons away;
they fly forgotten, as a dream
dies at the opening day.

6 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
be thou our guard while troubles last,
and our eternal home

 

[Scuba Pete]

I heard a version of Swing low by the "Brothers of Harmony" (Crossroads Singers) which was HIGHLY animated and included these lyrics as a bridge:

Swing Low Chariot comin
Let me ride (oh let me ride)
Swing Low Chariot comin
Let me ride (oh let me ride)
Rock me Lord Rock me Lord
Take it easy
I've got a home on the other side!

Six white horses stompin
Side by Side (Oh let me ride!)
Six white horses stompin
Side by Side (Oh let me ride!)
Rock me Lord Rock me Lord
Take it easy
I've got a home on the other side!

Look over yonder tell me
Whats dis I see? (Whats dis I see)
A band of angels are
comin just for me!
Rock me Lord Rock me Lord
Take it easy
I've got a home on the other side!
I've got home, yeah
I've got a home, O
I've got a ho-ome on the o-ther si-ide!