why don t you swing down sweet chariot stop and let me ride swing down chariot stop and let me ride rock me lord rock me lord calm and easy well i got a home on the other side why don t you swing down sweet chariot stop and let me ride swing down chariot stop and let me ride rock me lord rock me lord calm and easy well i got a home on the other side well well well well well well ezekiel went down in the middle of a field he saw an angel working on a chariot wheel wasn t so particular bout the chariot wheel just wanted to see how a chariot feel why don t you swing down sweet chariot stop and let me ride swing down chariot stop and let me ride rock me lord rock me lord calm and easy well i got a home on the other side well well well well well well ezekiel went down and he got on board chariot went a bumping on down the road zeke wasn t so particular bout the bumping of the road just wanted to lay down his heavy load  why don t you swing down sweet chariot stop and let me ride swing down chariot stop and let me ride rock me lord rock me lord calm and easy well i got a home on the other side well i got a father in the promised land ain t no more stopping till i shake his hand rock me lord rock me lord calm and easy i got a home on the other side why don t you swing down sweet chariot stop and let me ride swing down chariot stop and let me ride rock me lord rock me lord calm and easy well i got a home on the other side2