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"Swing Down Sweet Chariot" (sometimes "Swing Down, Ezekiel" or "Swing Down Chariot") is an American spiritual song. It tells the story of Ezekiel's vision of the chariot. The title and lyrics are very similar to the spiritual song "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", and is thought to be an adaptation of said song. Composer and lyricist Wallis Willis is ...
"Swing Down Sweet Chariot" Traditional; arr. by Elvis Presley: His Hand in Mine: 2:34: 10. ... "Swing Down Sweet Chariot" Traditional; arr. by Elvis Presley: Elvis: A ...
The song "In My Father's House" was arranged and adapted by Elvis Presley which was published by Elvis Presley Music. Presley later re-recorded "Swing Down Sweet Chariot" (not to be confused with the popular "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot") for the soundtrack of his 1969 film, The Trouble with Girls. [9]
The original 1971 LP omitted "Swing Down Sweet Chariot," taken from the 1960 album His Hand in Mine, though this track was included on UK releases of the album. This was due to U.S. RCA-Camden Presley releases at the time being generally formatted to have 9 tracks: 5 on Side 1 but only 4 songs on Side 2, this leaving no room for "Swing Low".
"Swing Down Sweet Chariot" (unreleased 1968 recording from the soundtrack of The Trouble with Girls; remake of a song Presley first recorded in 1960 for his album, His Hand in Mine) Traditional: 2:13: 3. "That's All Right (Mama)" (live version recorded at NBC Studios, Burbank, California for the 1968 TV special) Arthur Crudup: 3:04: 4.
Swing low, sweet chariot. Coming for to carry me home. The song was first formally published in the 1870s for the Fisk University Jubilee Singers after being written by Wallace Willis, a Native ...
The lyrics "Swing down, sweet chariot, stop and let me ride" quote the traditional spiritual "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot", [1] first popularized in the 1940s by The Golden Gate Quartet and later recorded by Elvis Presley among others (and not the better-known spiritual "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot").
His remake of the His Hand in Mine track "Swing Down Sweet Chariot" would not see release until 1983 on Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 4. [14] The other songs would wait to be issued until RCA's soundtrack compilations of the 1990s combining released songs and outtakes from multiple films on one compact disc. Tracks