***** Do you mean you're petty, boy? Even then, saying boy at the end stilts the sentence & makes it sound terrible. Saying "You're a petty boy." isn't as stilted as the former solution to your grammar or your initial sentence.
We are the same age. Grew up listening to Elvis, Beatles, Stones, The Doors, Pink Floyd, etc... ANYONE who truly loves music will benefit from embracing this timeless, and historic, masterpiece.
The original members of this group were mostly freed slaves, so they'd lived what they were singing about. It doesn't get much realer than that. Even though this was well before the blues came into existence, you can hear that authentic bluesy sorrow in their voices. Slave spirituals are an essential part of traditional American folk music. It's remarkable that people were able to preserve all this music while overcoming slavery and the myriad adversities of living in the South.
My great great great grandfather was a member of this group. His mother was a slave and she sent him to school. When he was older he went to the Yale university and formed the a group who sailed to New Zealand but stopping on the way to Australia. He met a lady from Tasmania who he married and they went on to NZ where he had a very filled life and achieved much. HIS name was Robert Bradford Williams.
My grandmother would sing this to me as a lullaby when I was a little kid. Now, as an adult, whenever I hear this song, the nostalgia hits me hard. It is sometimes hard for me to listen to this song without crying.
I normally like vinyl records. But when you have songs this old, it's a miracle to even be able to listen to them anymore. The oldest record I have is from the thirties it's a collection of songs and that's 90 years ago. This song is about I want to say 110 some years ago. I like modern-day songs as well don't get me wrong but it's amazing how much sorrow is in these songs.
it is written in the context of slavery but the lyrics do not mention anything to do with that, The song in actual fact Is asking for the chariot of so called Jesus Christ to swing down low and pick them up return them to there home land. then when you have knowledge that the so called negro that was put in to slavery from the west coast of Africa by so called black African tribes selling them to the so called white man. because the so called Negros that had moved in to that part of Africa were not the same as the Africans and are actually the Jews from the tribe of Judea of the 12 tribes of Israel and are the original Hebrew Israelite's that were driven out of there land of Israel. All these people want is to be returned to there home land, and if you know the bible you know that the most high has promised that he will do this and put every other nation at the feet of the 12 tribes of Israel. Listen to the song angels in a band chariots flying, read Ezekiel and Revelations.
Reco Gray, You're right! We are the biblical Hebrew Israelites from the Bible. Jesus of Lübeck was a slave ship!! His real name is Yahshua!!! They changed his name and race.
Harrison Kessler I decided to look at this considering I'm in 8th grade learning about Jazz. In the video my Music teacher had us look at they mentioned a lot of music styles before Jazz's time and artist and I decided to separately research it.
How amazing to hear these voices raised in song from 1909. I learned about The Fisk Jubilee Singers watching a PBS story about President James Garfield. He supported the abolition of slavery and the Fisk Jubilee Singers came to his "front porch" to serenade him after he was nominated for President of the United States.
My great great grandfather was a fisk jubilee singer in 1890 and toured the world. Starting a family all the way in New Zealand and that is where I am from.
Ignore the idiot above. There’s a more than good chance (Especially if you are not from the southern United States or United States at all) that your ancestors had nothing to do with what the these men faced during that time period and place. Even if they did, you are not your ancestors.
Precious recording! I am sure they are singing the praises of Jesus where there is no night, no fatigue, no worry, no frustration, no discrimination, no humiliation, but pure light, joy, love and peace!
Not quite, it actually gives direction for escapes slaves to follow and talks about the sweet embrace of death, not really an upbeat religious hymn if you ask me.
With their reference to crossing the river Jordan into the promised land, Elijah's chariot swooping low to pick them up and carry them home. I believe they were trusting in the grace of God for their salvation. They have made it before me, praise God. Many slaves were free in Christ, while their owners were enslaved to their master, Satan but didn't know it.
praise Jesus???? Really where was Jesus when millions of black people were enslaved , killed , tortured and worked to death?? Sitting on his arse watching from Heaven ?
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to listen to this piece of fine American history. I'm humbled by the genuine sincerity in the voices of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. May God bless them.
Last year, I did a theatre production that took place in 1909. We frequently listened to this recording, because the quality of it and the message really seemed to fit with the meaning of the play. Such a beautiful masterpiece!
So beautiful! Old gospel hymns like this has gotten me into these old songs. I feel like I'm the one my age who listens to these old songs (20). It's amazing these recordings from 100+ years ago are still around for us to enjoy today!
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 Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home Swing low, sweet chariot 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 Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home 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 Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home 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 Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home If I get there before you do Coming for to carry me home I'll cut a hole and pull you through Coming for to carry me home
i just got a new phone app called Find a Grave. i have not yet found any of my own ancestors but I was delighted to find information about a gentleman buried in a small cemetery near where I live in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Thomas Rutling was a member of the Fisk singers. Born 1854 in Tennesse died un Harrogate 1915. buried in Grove Road Cemetery.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers are an African-American a cappella ensemble, consisting of students at Fisk University. The first group was organized in 1871 to tour and raise funds for college. Their early repertoire consisted mostly of traditional spirituals, but included some songs by Stephen Foster. The original group toured along the Underground Railroad path in the United States, as well as performing in England and Europe. Later 19th-century groups also toured in Europe. In 2002 the Library of Congress honored their 1909 recording of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" by adding it in the United States National Recording Registry.[1] In 2008 they were awarded a National Medal of Arts.
Thank for making this available. I'm reading about the Fisk Jubilee Singers in David Olusoga's Black and British, and it's great to be able to follow up.
Thank you for posting this original and worthy singers recording. Today and since decades, générations sing the same repertoire in Tennessee, and nowadays without changing the original name, and never explaining the truth about the origins. You are the only one on You tube to let comments free about an original and historical recording. Congratulations. For current bands, to keep exactly the name of such courageous singers who made much more than a musical performance in that time is just unfair, it is a steal and a betraying. The current vocal bands should respect them and add a word that differs from the original name and mention the pionner band existed before . As "Fisk Jubilee Singers revival" or "For the sake of Fisk Jubilee Singers."
A family friend did attend Fisk University, and she was in the university choir in the late 1950s. She went onto major in music, taught it well and years later became an Episcopal church official. She was the late Dr. Delores Nicholson from Salisbury, NC. Her parents were educators and wonderful people who were some of the best folks that I ever met!
There once was a time in my life when Sunday was the day to listen to the Wings Over Jordan choir coming from Memphis, TN. If I were close to either Morgan Freeman or Oprah Winfrey, I'd plead that they lend their formidable fortunes to resurrect this choir -- in the musical format of the times, of course -- and schedule concerts at colleges across the US. And I'd also plea both titans to preserve the juke joints of Mississippi. As I write this, I'm thinking about Robert Johnson, BB King, Muddy Waters, R L Burnside, John Lee Hooker, and many more.
Well lets do a little math. This was recorded approx. 104 years ago. I think all of the singers in this group were over 18, which means if one of them were living, they'd be at least 122. Since only one person has lived to the age of 122, I think it's safe to assume that everyone in this recording has passed on.
@@canalabandonadoparasiempre6815 Listened today 19th June 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Black lives matter protests/marches across the world.
Psa 104:2 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Psa 104:3 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸
just the fact we can hear this.. on youtube, on the internet today and it was made over 105 years ago... is just... theres no words. Its a miracle
It's so amazing. Speaking of older musicians, if you haven't listened to Ada Jones & Billy Murray, you definitely need to look them up. :3
+Max Ballard
How do you edit this?
*****
What are you a Pokémon, stop repeating your name.
*****
LOL I fucked up! Why are you on this video there's not that many people to troll?
*****
Do you mean you're petty, boy? Even then, saying boy at the end stilts the sentence & makes it sound terrible. Saying "You're a petty boy." isn't as stilted as the former solution to your grammar or your initial sentence.
I was a child the first time I heard this spiritual and it gave me goosebumps. Now I am 71 and I still get goosebumps when I hear it.
We are the same age. Grew up listening to Elvis, Beatles, Stones, The Doors, Pink Floyd, etc... ANYONE who truly loves music will benefit from embracing this timeless, and historic, masterpiece.
wow, you must hold a great load of wisdom, respect bro ✊
The original members of this group were mostly freed slaves, so they'd lived what they were singing about. It doesn't get much realer than that. Even though this was well before the blues came into existence, you can hear that authentic bluesy sorrow in their voices. Slave spirituals are an essential part of traditional American folk music. It's remarkable that people were able to preserve all this music while overcoming slavery and the myriad adversities of living in the South.
Κ ο μ ν η ν ό ς it’s almost like they are the Jews
There was blues in 1909 , just not recorded.
🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️
what is your nationality
@@MicMan03 maybe they are ....
My great great great grandfather was a member of this group.
His mother was a slave and she sent him to school. When he was older he went to the Yale university and formed the a group who sailed to New Zealand but stopping on the way to Australia. He met a lady from Tasmania who he married and they went on to NZ where he had a very filled life and achieved much. HIS name was Robert Bradford Williams.
How wonderful to be a descendent of this wonderful man!
That is really cool.
I unfortunately didn’t see his name in the members of this group. But that’s good that your family passed down his history to you. Very important.
Thank you for posting!
This is the beauty that can be social media!
This music is the foundation and the bridge of the music that we sing today. We should never forget these songs.
I solemnly agree with you
My grandmother would sing this to me as a lullaby when I was a little kid. Now, as an adult, whenever I hear this song, the nostalgia hits me hard. It is sometimes hard for me to listen to this song without crying.
I normally like vinyl records. But when you have songs this old, it's a miracle to even be able to listen to them anymore. The oldest record I have is from the thirties it's a collection of songs and that's 90 years ago. This song is about I want to say 110 some years ago. I like modern-day songs as well don't get me wrong but it's amazing how much sorrow is in these songs.
I can feel the pain and emotion in their voices, oh Lord why were people so treated badly and it still happens till today..
The sorrow in this song and in their voices...I can't keep from crying. There is such pain and history in them both.
it is written in the context of slavery but the lyrics do not mention anything to do with that, The song in actual fact Is asking for the chariot of so called Jesus Christ to swing down low and pick them up return them to there home land. then when you have knowledge that the so called negro that was put in to slavery from the west coast of Africa by so called black African tribes selling them to the so called white man. because the so called Negros that had moved in to that part of Africa were not the same as the Africans and are actually the Jews from the tribe of Judea of the 12 tribes of Israel and are the original Hebrew Israelite's that were driven out of there land of Israel. All these people want is to be returned to there home land, and if you know the bible you know that the most high has promised that he will do this and put every other nation at the feet of the 12 tribes of Israel. Listen to the song angels in a band chariots flying, read Ezekiel and Revelations.
Reco Gray, You're right! We are the biblical Hebrew Israelites from the Bible. Jesus of Lübeck was a slave ship!! His real name is Yahshua!!! They changed his name and race.
MS. ILBB Some white person started that rumor.
@@ejwlover No we are not.
The tenor carrying this whole song oh man! Carrying his voice the whole song with almost no brakes!
Good ear
I'm doing a unit on music of this era. Thank you so much I let my 7th graders hear this
Harrison Kessler I decided to look at this considering I'm in 8th grade learning about Jazz. In the video my Music teacher had us look at they mentioned a lot of music styles before Jazz's time and artist and I decided to separately research it.
I hope you teach them that this was a slave song.
Haha, me toooo
In grade 7 and have to learn it and its awesome
How amazing to hear these voices raised in song from 1909. I learned about The Fisk Jubilee Singers watching a PBS story about President James Garfield. He supported the abolition of slavery and the Fisk Jubilee Singers came to his "front porch" to serenade him after he was nominated for President of the United States.
What an awesome piece of history! Thanks!
Over 100 years. this is amazing! Listening in from Papua New Guinea.
Am including this historic (and amazing) recording on my next show. Eclectic to a fault... Wow, Papua New Guinea... Coming for to carry me home!
I'm praying for the people of West Papua, I heard they are going through great trials and troubles.
My great great grandfather was a fisk jubilee singer in 1890 and toured the world. Starting a family all the way in New Zealand and that is where I am from.
Was your great great grandfather part of this group that sang this song?
its crazy to think that we are able to here this on the internet when its over 112 years old. wow just wow
Thank you to the person that posted this. As they are singing, I can hear the sorrow and pain in their voices. It is making me emotional.
your ancestors are responsible for it
Ignore the idiot above. There’s a more than good chance (Especially if you are not from the southern United States or United States at all) that your ancestors had nothing to do with what the these men faced during that time period and place. Even if they did, you are not your ancestors.
@@odogg4447 Really dumb take
A tradition 150 years in the making. Thank you for sharing!
Precious recording! I am sure they are singing the praises of Jesus where there is no night, no fatigue, no worry, no frustration, no discrimination, no humiliation, but pure light, joy, love and peace!
Ray Herbst 😑😑
ok boomer.
Not quite, it actually gives direction for escapes slaves to follow and talks about the sweet embrace of death, not really an upbeat religious hymn if you ask me.
With their reference to crossing the river Jordan into the promised land, Elijah's chariot swooping low to pick them up and carry them home. I believe they were trusting in the grace of God for their salvation.
They have made it before me, praise God.
Many slaves were free in Christ, while their owners were enslaved to their master, Satan but didn't know it.
praise Jesus???? Really where was Jesus when millions of black people were enslaved , killed , tortured and worked to death?? Sitting on his arse watching from Heaven ?
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to listen to this piece of fine American history. I'm humbled by the genuine sincerity in the voices of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. May God bless them.
One of the greatest renditions ever recorded. Hallelujah in the name of Jesus !!!
Thank you very much whomever shared this wonderful song with the public.
No problem, I made sure to pick this particular version of the song. Thanks for watching, and yes, they all have amazing voices.
Studying the Fisk Jubilee Singers in history. Thank you for sharing this beautiful song!
Last year, I did a theatre production that took place in 1909. We frequently listened to this recording, because the quality of it and the message really seemed to fit with the meaning of the play. Such a beautiful masterpiece!
So beautiful! Old gospel hymns like this has gotten me into these old songs. I feel like I'm the one my age who listens to these old songs (20). It's amazing these recordings from 100+ years ago are still around for us to enjoy today!
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
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
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
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
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
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
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
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
If I get there before you do
Coming for to carry me home
I'll cut a hole and pull you through
Coming for to carry me home
i just got a new phone app called Find a Grave. i have not yet found any of my own ancestors but I was delighted to find information about a gentleman buried in a small cemetery near where I live in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Thomas Rutling was a member of the Fisk singers. Born 1854 in Tennesse died un Harrogate 1915. buried in Grove Road Cemetery.
Very cool!
This is fascinating as I am a proud graduate of the historical Fisk University! Thanks for sharing!
The Fisk Jubilee Singers are an African-American a cappella ensemble, consisting of students at Fisk University. The first group was organized in 1871 to tour and raise funds for college. Their early repertoire consisted mostly of traditional spirituals, but included some songs by Stephen Foster. The original group toured along the Underground Railroad path in the United States, as well as performing in England and Europe. Later 19th-century groups also toured in Europe.
In 2002 the Library of Congress honored their 1909 recording of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" by adding it in the United States National Recording Registry.[1] In 2008 they were awarded a National Medal of Arts.
What a wonder of such sweet voices! Pure blues that i just adore
Thank for making this available. I'm reading about the Fisk Jubilee Singers in David Olusoga's Black and British, and it's great to be able to follow up.
I'm 10 and I'm listening to this music
That is fabulous! Keep it up. You will be richly rewarded.
@@michaelstultz7045 thanks
@@michaelstultz7045 how so
@@chickenwingchickenwinghotd4600 rich mind and culture
how are things at 14? still into this music?
I'm spechless 😢 how beautiful. Thank you fisk jubilee singers
Listening from Johannesburg South-Africa in 2021.
This is absolutely amazing!!! Thank you for posting.
This brought tears to my eyes. I'm so glad this is perserved on UA-cam.
...moved to tears...
Thank you for posting this original and worthy singers recording. Today and since decades, générations sing the same repertoire in Tennessee, and nowadays without changing the original name, and never explaining the truth about the origins. You are the only one on You tube to let comments free about an original and historical recording. Congratulations.
For current bands, to keep exactly the name of such courageous singers who made much more than a musical performance in that time is just unfair, it is a steal and a betraying. The current vocal bands should respect them and add a word that differs from the original name and mention the pionner band existed before . As "Fisk Jubilee Singers revival" or "For the sake of Fisk Jubilee Singers."
thank you so much for sharing this document
***** You're very welcome. more people should know about it
Nathaniel Jordon The should indeed
Nathaniel Jordon I tell the story each time I sing the song... because I won't let the history die
***** Good, I appreciate that.
Nathaniel Jordon it will be be my first song in my March 8th recital and I'll tell the story
this is AWESOME thank you for putting this up perfect description lol
A family friend did attend Fisk University, and she was in the university choir in the late 1950s. She went onto major in music, taught it well and years later became an Episcopal church official. She was the late Dr. Delores Nicholson from Salisbury, NC. Her parents were educators and wonderful people who were some of the best folks that I ever met!
I wonder how many of these singers have indeed been carried home?
I hope to meet them one day, because of our Lord Jesus Christ.
None of them
we’re waiting on Christ to bring us back home to our land Jerusalem 🙌🏾
Isaiah 14:1-3
Patiently yet anxiously waiting for those chariots..
I heard part of this particular recording on the radio earlier today... So good to hear.
I just discovered this group whilst reading David Olusoga's "Black And British" - so incredible.
this should be the next vid to reach a billion views. everyone needs to hear this!
A vintage store up in the twin cities. Some of my songs I legally get off a website, but for this one, I got creative.
This is amazing!
Im using this hymn for our hymn study in our homeschool this week
😢 This made me so emotional. So beautiful and sad at the same time 💔
I love this super old music
This is awesome! Thank you so much!
Rebekah Crosby Of course!
Yea, it will never be forgotten
Incredible story, incredible voices, incredible people
This song is beautiful. I used to sing it to my daughters when I pushed them on the swing.
This was a few years before the IV chord was discovered, thereby changing music forever.
It took 6 months but it looks like somebody got my joke.
these chariots cant come fast enough...
Utterly amazing and thrilling!
beautiful singing
Muy buena melodía y mayor su significado aún la escucho en el 2019 desde Colombia.
Gives me shivers, it's 111 years old!
Beautiful
They sound beautiful.
Still listening 2016
2017
Whats a 2016?
2018 approaching 2019 and we are still witnessing this masterpiece
this is where gospel music actually started.
I have goosebumps thank you to everyone who suffered through these times so that we didn’t have to 😢😢😢
Grateful thanks, Nathaniel. I'll work my way through your uploads.. a most valuable heritage. Alan [Arthur C Throovest]
Hey Nathaniel, great video. Keep making more!
There once was a time in my life when Sunday was the day to listen to the Wings Over Jordan choir coming from Memphis, TN. If I were close to either Morgan Freeman or Oprah Winfrey, I'd plead that they lend their formidable fortunes to resurrect this choir -- in the musical format of the times, of course -- and schedule concerts at colleges across the US. And I'd also plea both titans to preserve the juke joints of Mississippi. As I write this, I'm thinking about Robert Johnson, BB King, Muddy Waters, R L Burnside, John Lee Hooker, and many more.
Wonderful !!
Nothing beats the original Song - In the spirit of the Negro. Where have we gone ????
Awesome remastering!!
Ty!
Adventures in Odyssey brought me here!
Lovingly beauty and grace.
The Parliment version is 45 years old and this one is 111 years old. Damn.
Sentimental. Touching. A sad witness to faith but sincere. Hope + faith. Testiment to our final days.
Well lets do a little math. This was recorded approx. 104 years ago. I think all of the singers in this group were over 18, which means if one of them were living, they'd be at least 122. Since only one person has lived to the age of 122, I think it's safe to assume that everyone in this recording has passed on.
Good math
Methuselah lived to 969.
@@direfranchement in the biblical times though they could live a long time
Who lived till age 122?
@@thelewismoralez Jeanne Calment
Yea np, thanks for viewing
Finally found the version i was looking for
This is gold
Rest in peace to all who fell to any and all injustice
Amazing
thank you for the gems :)
Thanks for the upload!
Beauty!!!!! Magic!!!! What a blessing!!!!
We had to do this project and I'm glad I did it on the jubilee singers😉
It’s sad to know they are all dead but I guess it can’t be stopped
Listening in 2019
Emperor Starscream Me.
@@canalabandonadoparasiempre6815 Listened today 19th June 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Black lives matter protests/marches across the world.
2021
One of the best things about Nashville.
This is the way this song is supposed to be sung. Nothing else comes close.
I just listened to a old recording of something called the laughing song (it was someone laughing in a sing-song tone) from 1864.
everybody has a home to miss and a home to hope for in the great here after..
The mothership is here!✨✨✨
Would you get on it
I feel proud & enlightened...Can't get no higher
i had to hear this audio in music class
I love their version of Been In The Storm too.
This slaps
Pure, original!
Try listening to this in 0.75 speed and the sorrow in their voices is made all too clear.
C de la bien 😂 je fait ça en musique en plus 😢
Psa 104:2 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Psa 104:3 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸
BEAUTIFUL