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Swing Low, Sweet Spiritual
26/09/2008
Spirituals are the sacred folk songs of the slavery era in America, the best-known being the African-American spirituals of the 19th century like 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'. We'll hear versions of this much-loved song from Paul Robeson, Beyonce, Eric Clapton, The Fairfield Four, and Johnny Cash. And we'll discover the coded messages hidden in its lyrics.
