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World Service,30 Sep 2004,22 mins

Soul Music: Swing Low Sweet Chariot

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'This is a song about hope'. A look at the development of spiritual songs and how they often contained coded messages about escaping from slavery. Singers and musicians talk about the significance of 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot' to them.

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