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
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
Sometimes I'm up and sometimes I'm down
Coming for to carry me home
But still my soul feels heavenly bound
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
-------> that is the poem or I think thats some sort of song.... well here's the question.......
1)what does "soul feels heavenly bound" mean?
2) what does the chariot mean or represent?
3) where does the speaker wanna go? where or what is that place?
4) what might the band of angels mean?
----------------> I really need this badly TODAY....
2007-02-19 16:34:15 · 2 answers · asked by <--tsk--> 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
what exactly does the band of angels represent??????
2007-02-19 17:33:27 · update #1
#1 - Soul feels heavenly bound means that the time of passing (
(death) feels near
#2 - the chariot is the means (psychopomp) of getting to heaven
#3 - in one word, heaven
#4 - the angels are also psychopomps
This is an old slave spiritual song.
2007-02-19 16:43:10 · answer #1 · answered by Spyderbear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer to question 1 is that the person's soul is ready to leave the body 2 chariot is in the bible its a chariot to pick up your soul to take you to heaven, 3 the speaker wants to go to heaven 4 group of angels, and yes it is also a song.
2007-02-19 16:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by george p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋