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Swing Low was song of tribute to black star

THERFU stand accused of many crass decisions and incompetencies over the decades but they really do not have to get their knickers in a twist about England fans adopting Swing Low, Sweet Chariot as their team’s song, a process which started back in the late 80s.
Swing Low is a long standing negro spritual anthem written by a freed slave Wallis Willis in 1865.
It was one of the go to songs for the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s - often sung in unison by black and white protestors together. Joan Baez often used it as a show ender at her Civil Rights gigs and it is puzzling that some...

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