(From Swing Low, Sweet Chariot)
Tell Ole Massa to let me be
Coming for to carry me home
‘Cause in these angels' arms I’m free
Coming for to carry me home
I don't think that this lyric changes either the effect or the meaning of the traditional spiritual, but rather keeps the optimistic view and (so-called) encoded meanings. This verse can mean that upon the death of the body, the soul becomes free in heaven; it can also be a reference to the workers of the underground railroad (the 'angels), and their guidance to freedom up north.
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