"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is a historic American Negro spiritual. The earliest known recording was in 1909, by the Fisk Jubilee Singers of Fisk University.

In 2002, the Library of Congress honored the song as one of 50 recordings chosen that year to be added to the National Recording Registry. It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" has been sung by many artists. A partial list includes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_Low,_Sweet_Chariot
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