View from a scenic overlook in The Arbuckle Mountains in Oklahoma; photo by Bo Nash on Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution / share alike).
Official State Gospel Song of Oklahoma
Oklahoma designated "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" by Wallis Willis as the official state gospel song in 2011. All Oklahoma Songs - All State Songs
According to the Oklahoma Historical Society; "The song's author is Wallace Willis, an African-American man who used to be a slave in the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory. The Red River, which made Willis think of the Jordan River in the Bible, inspired some of the lyrics."
Lyrics to "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
CHORUS
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home,
Swing low, sweet chariot;
Comin' for to carry me home.
VERSE 1
I looked over Jordan, and what did I see,
Comin' for to carry me home,
A band of angels comin' after me,
Comin' for to carry me home.
VERSE 2
If you get there before I do,
Comin' for to carry me home,
Tell all my friends I'm comin' too,
Comin' for to carry me home.
VERSE 3
I'm sometimes up and sometimes down,
Comin' for to carry me home,
But still my soul feels heavenly bound,
Comin' for to carry me home.
VERSE 4
The brightest day that I can say,
Comin' for to carry me home,
When Jesus washed my sins away,
Comin' for to carry me home.