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Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Peggy Lee
Track 35 on Miss Peggy Lee 

Producer

Lee Gillette
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Swing Low Sweet Chariot Lyrics

I looked over Jordan and what did I see?
Comin' for to carry me home
There was a band of angels, a-comin' after me
Comin' for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Comin' for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Comin' for to carry me home
I'm sometimes up, and I'm sometimes down
Comin' for to carry me home
But but I know my soul is heavenly bound
Comin' for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Comin' for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Comin' for to carry me home
If you get there before I do
Comin' for to carry me home
Tell all my friends that I'm a-comin' too
Comin' for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Comin' for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Comin' for to carry me home
And now they're comin' for to carry me home

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Miss Peggy Lee (1998)
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  74. 78.
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  75. 79.
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  79. 83.
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  80. 85.
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  81. 87.
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  82. 88.
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  83. 89.
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  84. 90.
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  94. 101.
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