古典樂版 (音樂:Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Leontyne Price)
福音樂版 (音樂:Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - The Tennessee Gospel Society)
爵士樂版 (音樂:Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Peggy Lee)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
這首《輕搖,可愛的馬車 》Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
是一首美國黑人靈歌
原作曲者已不可考,但是在美國黑人中普遍流行,
到了十九世紀開始被社會大眾所喜愛、
除了傳統的福音歌曲唱法之外,
也被古典歌手、爵士樂手所表演灌唱。
歌詞內容描寫對永生天鄉的盼望。
馬車與歌詞中提到約旦河,
指的是聖經舊約《列王紀下》裡,
以利亞先知在約旦河被馬車提升到天上的故事。
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
副歌:
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.
[副歌]
If you get there before I do,
Coming for to carry me home.
Tell all my friends Im coming too,
Coming for to carry me home.
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The brightest day that ever I saw
Coming for to carry me home.
When Jesus washed my sins away,
Coming for to carry me home.
[副歌]
Im sometimes up and sometimes down,
Coming for to carry me home.
But still my soul feels heavenly bound,
Coming for to carry me home.
[副歌]