Swing Low Sweet Chariot is a traditional African American spiritual dating to the 1860s, often credited to Wallace Willis, with lyrics about being carried home to heaven. It became a widely recorded gospel and folk standard and is also familiar as a sporting anthem sung by England rugby fans since the late 1980s. Online, short sung clips of the opening line are reused as a ready-made farewell cue, borrowing the song's long association with homecoming, endurance and release.